The EU Commission has refused to register the European citizens' initiative "Save Europe Act" by Martin Sellner and Eva Vlaardingerbroek, citing a violation of EU fundamental values. The FPÖ called it a "scandal"; the initiators announced they would make no changes.
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In the fight against sexual child abuse, messenger services in the EU will once again be allowed to automatically scan private chats for indicators until April 2028. Representatives of the EU states agreed to reactivate a temporary exception to European data protection rules.
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CSU leader Markus Söder are proposing Minister of the Chancellery Thorsten Frei as the new chair of the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction. The 208 MPs of CDU and CSU are to vote on the personnel proposal in a special session next Wednesday.
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Donald Trump announced an attack on the Iranian nuclear facility "Pickaxe Mountain" during a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House. Iran rejected the US accusations and spoke of an "invented pretext for aggression, destruction and sabotage."
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On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Manila, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart Marco Rubio announced a bilateral meeting for Thursday morning. The talks are expected to focus, among other things, on US President Donald Trump's assessment of the possibility of a swift end to the Ukraine war.
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The new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on his second day in office a price cap of two pounds (around 2.
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The US and Saudi Arabia are signing a 30-year nuclear agreement that is intended to allow US companies to build out a civilian Saudi nuclear program. Trump is hoping for billions in contracts, while critics warn of a nuclear arms race with Iran.
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The Austrian media authority KommAustria has awarded the quality journalism funding for 2026 in the amount of 20 million euros. A total of 191 applications from 94 funding applicants were approved; the online boulevard medium Exxpress, which received around 41,300 euros in the previous year, received no funding this time.
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Saxony's Minister-President Michael Kretschmer has called on his CDU to talk with all parties willing to talk. At the same time, he rejected the term "firewall" and reaffirmed that the AfD harms the country.
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After his defeat in the April parliamentary election, Viktor Orbán appeared before the press in Budapest for the first time and announced "national resistance"…
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According to US media reports, US President Donald Trump wants to nominate FIFA President Gianni Infantino as the successor to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Portuguese UN chief's second term ends on December 31, 2026.
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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visited Mauritania and Nigeria on his multi-day Africa trip, advocating for closer economic and security policy cooperation. Among other things, he announced a joint foreign policy initiative for the Sahel region and an advisory deployment of the Bundeswehr in Mauritania.
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The EU member states are once again trying in Brussels to agree on a new sanctions package against Russia. Particularly controversial is a transit ban on Russian liquefied gas (LNG); the necessary unanimity among the 27 member states has so far not been achieved.
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France has become the first EU country to adopt a ban on social networks for under-15s. The law will enter into force after the summer holidays and provides for two stages up to January 2027.
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Saxony-Anhalt's Minister-President Sven Schulze (CDU) expects that the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) could cooperate with the AfD after the state election in his Bundesland. The CDU's lead candidate sees this as an attempt by both parties to gain significance in national politics.
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In the US state of New Jersey, approximately 6,600 non-US citizens were registered as voters ahead of the 2024 election due to a serious software error that occurred during driver's license and ID card applications. Governor Mikie Sherrill ordered an investigation and had those affected removed from the rolls.
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Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has called in the Handelsblatt for talks with every party willing to talk – including the AfD. CDU leader Friedrich Merz is sticking to the fire wall resolution.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, and appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as his successor. The decision followed days of protests in several Ukrainian cities, in which above all young people had demanded the resignation of the army chief.
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