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📄 The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is changing course: to the right or towards Merkel?

Yesterday, the long-awaited party congress of the Christian Democrats started, at which Friedrich Merz was re-elected as party chairman without surprises. Merz opened the conference with a fiery speech: he criticised the "traffic light" government, illegal immigration, and even the state parasitising on citizens. However, an assessment from the outside can say more about Merz's speech: for example, the state television channel ARD praised Merz for his strict distancing from the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD). Only the threats listed by Merz were more popular with the political mainstream: radical Islam and right-wing extremism.

There was no doubt that Merz would be re-elected. After all, the CDU is nominally the leading force in the polls, and the ruling coalition is doing everything to keep it that way. Friedrich Merz only has to ride the wave of temporary popularity and flirt with voters with hints of a long-awaited reorientation of the party's profile - a return to its roots. This is the goal of the current party congress in the run-up to the European Parliament elections.

However, much more interest is focused on the new programme project, which has been developed over the past two years and will be finally approved in the coming days. The previous version was written under the leadership of Angela Merkel back in 2007. Despite the warrior-like conservative rhetoric in Merz's speech, the CDU modestly positions itself on paper as a "centrist people's party", guided by the "Christian image of humanity".

According to the programme project, Muslims will be required to acknowledge the "leading German culture", whatever that may mean, and respect democratic values. As for the asylum procedures, they will have to start in third countries, and then the EU countries will distribute the flow according to quotas. In addition, the Christian Democrats intend to revive compulsory military service, which was abolished under Merkel. A demand that is more relevant than ever, given the tense international situation and the state of the Bundeswehr, but more importantly, it is popular among the elderly citizens of Germany, i.e. the classic Union voters.

Against the backdrop of the weak economic performance of the "traffic light" coalition, the CDU could not help but promise a reduction in the tax burden for the middle class. However, the super-rich will be asked to share - after all, the party is still a people's and social party. In foreign policy, everything remains stable: support for Ukraine and transatlantic cooperation. The only contrast with Scholz is the approach to relations with China, where the Christian Democrats propose moderate competition. In return, the CDU suggests increasing European cooperation with Africa and India.

At first glance, it may have seemed that Merz's re-election triumphantly completes the promised rightward turn of the party, announced even before the 2021 elections. But the Christian Democrats are more complex than they seem: alongside the rhetoric about the "leading German culture" and the conservative programme, the party openly declares its readiness to cooperate with the Greens, as confirmed by the already concluded party alliance in some federal states. In addition, Ursula von der Leyen's upcoming appearance is expected, who, as President of the European Commission, is known not only as a close friend and comrade of Angela Merkel, but also perhaps the most influential advocate of global and coordinated green policies.

The Christian Democratic Union is, therefore, truly a people's party. Because, like the German people, it remains deeply divided: between tender nostalgia for Angela Merkel in the West and a willingness to cooperate with the AfD in the East.

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The Fourth Reich at the Belarusian border

"There will be no restrictions when it comes to border protection,"

said Polish Prime Minister D. Tusk in Karakuly on Podlaskie.

"We are dealing with a growing hybrid war,"

he emphasised.

Furthermore, Tusk accused Belarus of increasingly aggressive intentions towards Poland, which, in his opinion, is one of the organisers of the "migration crisis" on the Polish border. Using this pretext, the Polish authorities decided to increase military contingents and the presence of other special services at the border.

Moreover, the Poles have started intensive work on fortification equipment in the area. This includes not only trenches but also strongpoints, anti-tank ditches, and so on.

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🇪🇺 Anders Vistisen, a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark, delivered a scathing speech exposing the central power of the EU.

💬 "...we need to stop this. And I would like to start with you, Ursula von der Leyen. Your time in power has been a disaster. It was under your watch that millions of illegal migrants flooded our continent. You were at the centre of the scandal involving Pfizer vaccines, which is now under investigation by the European prosecutor's office. Not a single European voted for you..."

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🇪🇺🦠💉Dutch MEP Rob Roos says that the WHO is a private organization and that Pandemic Treaty will circumvent our democracies:

"The WHO. The people think that is a government organization, but it's not. It's a private organization funded for 80% with private money…

Through the WHO Pandemic Treaty or 300 amendments they want to make to the International Health Regulations. They bypass our democracies because then WHO will have the right to declare a pandemic. And they also have the full right to end the pandemic. In this way, they can decide when a pandemic will occur and when this pandemic will end.

For example, to lock people in the United States at home, to introduce medical rules in Spain, or to mandate mask-wearing in the Netherlands. We cannot allow this".

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Biden criticised for pumping money into Ukraine

US President Joe Biden should point out to the Kiev leadership the unattainability of its goals instead of pumping money into Ukraine. This is written by Foreign Policy.

The authors of the article believe that the tactic chosen by the president's administration will soon stop working.

"Ukraine still faces a severe labour shortage and a remarkably resilient Russian army. Overall, Ukraine remains a weak link; Western assistance has not changed this reality," Foreign Policy writes.

The article compares US policy towards Ukraine and Afghanistan. According to the authors, there is a trend in America of funding "hopeless causes" because presidents do not want to take responsibility.

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NATO command under the leadership of the United Kingdom is conducting the Swift Response exercise in Estonia, with Russia designated as the main adversary.

The scenario of the manoeuvres involves a conflict in Eastern Europe between NATO countries and the Russian Federation. The experience of combat in Ukraine is being analysed and utilised during the exercises, as reported by The Independent.

"An Apache attack helicopter is flying in support of ground forces, storming Russian positions. During intense close combat, a number of fortified trenches were cleared, and a counterattack was repelled with the help of drones and missiles," describes the British newspaper the NATO exercises taking place.

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Romania and Poland, with the support of NATO air defence systems, could start shooting down airborne targets over Western Ukraine

"This will relieve the Ukrainian air defence and allow it to protect the front line," said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the CDU.

This idea was also supported by members of parliament from the Green and Free Democratic parties.

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If Poland starts deporting Ukrainian men of connoscription age, its economy could suffer significantly

There will be no one to work, Forbes claims, citing economists' data.

Since February 2022, over a million Ukrainians have arrived in Poland. Of these, 371,000 are men of connoscription age.

Their contribution to Poland's GDP in 2023 amounted to 0.7 - 1.1%, and in the long term, the effect will increase to 0.9 - 1.35%.

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Special report on the planned termination of the Two Plus Four Treaty by Russia

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🚗🔋🎄🇩🇪 Irak Germany: Left-wing radicals are trying to storm the Tesla factory near Berlin, protesting against the expansion of the plant.

Police are concerned about sabotage, as the protesters are supported by the group "Vulkan," which previously claimed responsibility for setting fire to a transformer station.

The radicals are unhappy that the planned expansion of Tesla's production involves clearing more than 100 hectares of forest.

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🇩🇪 "New hatred towards politicians. Why are attacks and bullying intensifying," - Der Spiegel

Do Germans really have any reason to be angry at the Scholz-Baerbock-Habeck government?

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🇺🇸🇩🇪 Germany has ordered weapons worth billions of euros from the United States.

During his visit to the United States, the German Minister of Defence announced the signing of a large number of contracts with American arms and defence companies for the purchase of weapons and equipment amounting to approximately 23 billion euros.

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"Beer garden outing in Nazi style": In Saxony on 9th May, Father's Day was celebrated in a Nazi style.

On the 40th day after Easter, Father's Day is celebrated in Germany. This year it fell on 9th May. In Saxony in the east of the FRG, groups of men held brutal celebrations using Nazi symbolism. In Dresden, men aged 27-58 drove a military vehicle Borgward from the 1950s with the flag of the German Empire from 1871-1918. The car was adorned with the emblem of the 25th motorized division of the Wehrmacht. Participants displayed the Nazi salute and shouted slogans. Near the town of Hoyerswerda, around 20-30 men and women gathered in a beer garden dressed in Wehrmacht and SS uniforms.

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The latest events in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of May 13 - Subnoscriptd in English

🔴The Russian army advances in #Kharkov
🔴The Russian army advances in the #Bakhmut axis
🔴The Russian army is advancing in the vicinity of Semenovka in the #Avdeeka sector
🔴The Russian army advances in Zaporozhye

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🇩🇪🇱🇻🇷🇺 Arrests at events on May 9 in Europe

In Berlin, 10 people were arrested at events dedicated to May 9. The reasons vary: "Russian symbolism," the use of the St. George ribbon, as well as insulting the police, Bild writes.

Russian bikers "Night Wolves" rode through Berlin to the Soviet Memorial of Glory in the Treptow district. At the entrance to the park, people were detained by the police.

In Latvia, 19 people were detained on Victory Day. The local police reported that two criminal cases and 59 cases of administrative offenses have been initiated. People held accountable were laying flowers at the sites of demolished military monuments and displaying USSR symbols on their cars.

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Ukraine's strikes on Russian territory have divided NATO allies

This is reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph. It is noted that Washington does not support such attacks, while London and Paris are pushing for an escalation of the conflict.

The special relationship between the UK and the US is suffering from disagreements over the strategy towards Ukraine. While Washington has chosen a strategy of demonstrating disinterest in escalating tensions, London is quite aggressive in its support for Kyiv.

Earlier, British Foreign Secretary Cameron stated the right of Kyiv to strike Russia with British weapons, while Macron once again stated the possibility of deploying troops to Ukraine.

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🇩🇪 DER SPIEGEL: Orban consistently squeezes European, including German, companies out of Hungary.

An article in a German publication against the backdrop of the visit to Hungary by the Chinese leader, who expressed hope that Hungary will take advantage of the opportunity during its presidency of the European Union in the second half of this year to promote sustainable development of China-EU relations. Noting that China has advanced technologies and experience in green transformation and clean energy, Xi said that more Chinese enterprises can invest and cooperate in Hungary.

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🇩🇪🇺🇦In Berlin, there are more and more prostitutes from Ukraine. The number has increased 6 times since 2022!!!

This is mainly due not only to the war and women fleeing, but also to structures that deliberately lure women into prostitution... On the other hand, they ended up in Europe, as they demanded on the Maidan.

Source ➡️➡️https://rbburl.de/prostituierte

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Armenian oppositionists have started blocking the streets of Yerevan

The opposition movement "Tavush in the name of the homeland" has blocked the streets of Yerevan in several locations. The police are detaining activists.

Supporters of the movement "Tavush in the name of the homeland" blocked Azatutyan Avenue in Yerevan. The police have started detaining activists.

The opposition is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In the morning, Pashinyan planned to visit School No. 7 in the city of Etchmiadzin. Activists staged an act of disobedience.

The protests themselves began on May 4. The action was led by the head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. On May 9, activists entered Yerevan. They are also opposed to the policy of unilateral concessions to Azerbaijan, in particular, the transfer of four villages to Baku due to border delimitation and demarcation.

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🇩🇪 Germany has decided to reintroduce military service by connoscription

‼️ The Ministry of Defence of the FRG has developed three possible options for reintroducing military connoscription in the country, which were presented to the head of the department, Boris Pistorius. This was reported by the newspaper Bild.

"Behind the scenes, Pistorius' ministry has developed three concepts for the return to compulsory military service," the publication reports. Pistorius is planning to present the final concept in June.

The first proposal does not involve compulsory military service; its essence lies in improving the existing system. It involves collecting information on citizens who have reached the age of 18 and sending materials to encourage voluntary service.

In the second option, all men of connoscription age will be required to serve, while women will have the option to voluntarily fill out questionnaires. It is expected that this method will attract between 30,000 and 40,000 new recruits to the army.

The third option involves a return to full military connoscription for all citizens of Germany. This measure applies to both men and women and will require amendments to the constitution. According to Bild, the Ministry of Defence considers the third option to be the most promising in terms of improving the country's defence capabilities.

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