Saturday, October 09, 2021
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Abdulhassan Banisadr, der erste Präsident der Islamischen Republik Iran, ist im Alter von 88 Jahren in Paris gestorben. Nach dem Sturz des Schahs ernannte ihn Revolutionsführer Khomeini zum Wirtschafts- und Außenminister. » | Quelle: AFP | Samstag, 9. Oktober 2021
‘Starting a Fire’: U.S. and China Enter Dangerous Territory over Taiwan
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The self-ruled island has moved to the heart of deepening discord and rivalry between the two superpowers, with the potential to ignite military conflagration and reshape the regional order.
Taiwanese helicopters flying through Taipei, the capital. China’s growing military might has for the first time made a conquest of Taiwan conceivable, perhaps even tempting. | Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
The 25 Chinese fighter jets, bombers and other warplanes flew in menacing formations off the southern end of Taiwan, a show of military might on China’s National Day, Oct. 1. The incursions,dozens upon dozens, continued into the night and the days that followed and surged to the highest numbers ever on Monday, when 56 warplanes tested Taiwan’s beleaguered air defenses.
Taiwan’s jets scrambled to keep up, while the United States warned China that its “provocative military activity” undermined “regional peace and stability.” China did not cower. When a Taiwanese combat air traffic controller radioed one Chinese aircraft, the pilot dismissed the challenge with an obscenity involving the officer’s mother.
As such confrontations intensify, the balance of power around Taiwan is fundamentally shifting, pushing a decades-long impasse over its future into a dangerous new phase.
After holding out against unification demands from China’s communist rulers for more than 70 years, Taiwan is now at the heart of the deepening discord between China and the United States. The island’s fate has the potential to reshape the regional order and even to ignite a military conflagration — intentional or not. » | By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers | Saturday, October 9, 2021
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The 25 Chinese fighter jets, bombers and other warplanes flew in menacing formations off the southern end of Taiwan, a show of military might on China’s National Day, Oct. 1. The incursions,dozens upon dozens, continued into the night and the days that followed and surged to the highest numbers ever on Monday, when 56 warplanes tested Taiwan’s beleaguered air defenses.
Taiwan’s jets scrambled to keep up, while the United States warned China that its “provocative military activity” undermined “regional peace and stability.” China did not cower. When a Taiwanese combat air traffic controller radioed one Chinese aircraft, the pilot dismissed the challenge with an obscenity involving the officer’s mother.
As such confrontations intensify, the balance of power around Taiwan is fundamentally shifting, pushing a decades-long impasse over its future into a dangerous new phase.
After holding out against unification demands from China’s communist rulers for more than 70 years, Taiwan is now at the heart of the deepening discord between China and the United States. The island’s fate has the potential to reshape the regional order and even to ignite a military conflagration — intentional or not. » | By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers | Saturday, October 9, 2021
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Xi bekräftigt Anspruch auf "Wiedervereinigung" mit Taiwan: Mitten in einer angespannten Lage betont Chinas Staats- und Parteichef den Grundsatz der „friedlichen Wiedervereinigung“ mit Taiwan. Dieser spielt eine zentrale Rolle in der Ideologie der KP. »
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Xi Jinping Vows Taiwan’s ‘Reunification’ with China Will Be Fulfilled
THE GUARDIAN: Chinese president says island’s ‘independence separatism’ is a ‘danger to national rejuvenation’ following a week of tension
Xi Jinping has said Taiwan’s ‘reunification’ must happen. Photograph: Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to realise “reunification” with Taiwan, without mentioning the use of force, after a week of tensions.
Taiwan responded shortly after by calling on Beijing to abandon its coercion, reiterating that only Taiwan’s people could decide their future.
Democratically run Taiwan has come under increased military and political pressure to accept Beijing’s sovereignty, but Taiwan says it is an independent country, using its formal name: the Republic of China.
Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Saturday, Xi said the Chinese people had a “glorious tradition” of opposing separatism.
“Taiwan’s independence separatism is the biggest obstacle to achieving the reunification of the motherland, and the most serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation,” he said on the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty in 1911. Taiwan marks 10 October, when the revolution began, as its national day. » | Staff and agencies | Saturday, October 9, 2021
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to realise “reunification” with Taiwan, without mentioning the use of force, after a week of tensions.
Taiwan responded shortly after by calling on Beijing to abandon its coercion, reiterating that only Taiwan’s people could decide their future.
Democratically run Taiwan has come under increased military and political pressure to accept Beijing’s sovereignty, but Taiwan says it is an independent country, using its formal name: the Republic of China.
Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Saturday, Xi said the Chinese people had a “glorious tradition” of opposing separatism.
“Taiwan’s independence separatism is the biggest obstacle to achieving the reunification of the motherland, and the most serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation,” he said on the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty in 1911. Taiwan marks 10 October, when the revolution began, as its national day. » | Staff and agencies | Saturday, October 9, 2021
Poland’s LGBT+ Community at Risk as Top Court Ruling Puts Country on a Path to ‘Polexit’
PINK NEWS: Poland’s left-wing is raising alarm over a court ruling that rejects the primacy of EU law over national legislation, putting the country on a path towards a “legal Polexit”.
On Thursday (7 October) Poland’s constitutional tribunal ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for the already embattled LGBT+ community.
Prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki brought the case to the country’s top court in March amid an ongoing dispute with the EU over LGBT+ rights, among other issues.
With the EU threatening to withhold funding to numerous “LGBT-free” zones across Poland, Morawieck argued that some provisions of EU treaties clashed with Poland’s highest law, and that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
The case represents the first time in EU history that a leader of a member state has questioned wholesale treaties in a constitutional court, and the decision could have serious ramifications for Poland’s most vulnerable communities.
The Polish LGBT+ activist Bart Staszweski speculated how PiS, the country’s homophobic ruling party, plans to use this victory. » | Emma Powys Maurice | Friday, October 8, 2021
Related links in German and English here [D], here [D], here [D], and here [E].
On Thursday (7 October) Poland’s constitutional tribunal ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for the already embattled LGBT+ community.
Prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki brought the case to the country’s top court in March amid an ongoing dispute with the EU over LGBT+ rights, among other issues.
With the EU threatening to withhold funding to numerous “LGBT-free” zones across Poland, Morawieck argued that some provisions of EU treaties clashed with Poland’s highest law, and that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
The case represents the first time in EU history that a leader of a member state has questioned wholesale treaties in a constitutional court, and the decision could have serious ramifications for Poland’s most vulnerable communities.
The Polish LGBT+ activist Bart Staszweski speculated how PiS, the country’s homophobic ruling party, plans to use this victory. » | Emma Powys Maurice | Friday, October 8, 2021
Related links in German and English here [D], here [D], here [D], and here [E].
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Friday, October 08, 2021
Das neue Kunsthaus Zürich | Kulturplatz | SRF Kultur
Oct 7, 2021 • Der Erweiterungsbau des Zürcher Kunsthaus wird eröffnet. Im Zentrum: Die Sammlung Bührle – mit dabei sind auch Gemälde von Monet oder Cezanne. Emil G. Bührle war ein Schweizer Waffenproduzent, der an die Nazis lieferte. Wie transparent geht das Kunsthaus mit der Geschichte um?
Die Bührle-Sammlung ist zweifelsfrei die bedeutendste und gleichzeitig auch die umstrittenste Sammlung impressionistischer Kunst in der Schweiz. Denn der ehemalige Waffenfabrikant und Mäzen Emil Georg Bührle konnte die Van Goghs, Monets und Cezannes nur mithilfe seiner immensen Waffengeschäfte mit Nazi-Deutschland beschaffen. Und: Einige der Kunstwerke aus der Sammlung gehörten ursprünglich jüdischen Sammlerinnen und Sammler und landeten über Umwegen als Raubkunst oder Fluchtgut bei Bührle. Nun werden rund 170 dieser Werke im neuen Erweiterungsbau des Kunsthauses Zürich gezeigt – ein grosser Coup, der Zürich nach Paris zur bedeutendsten Adresse impressionistischer Kunst machen soll. Wie geht man mit so einer belasteten Sammlung um? Das Kunsthaus verspricht eine saubere historische Aufarbeitung, unter anderem mit einem separaten Dokumentationsraum. Doch reicht das? «Kulturplatz» spricht mit den wichtigsten Akteuren – Corinne Mauch, Jakob Tanner, Erich Keller, Christoph Becker – der aktuellen Kontroverse rund um die Bührle-Sammlung.
Die zweite grosse Ausstellung, die in den Erweiterungsbau des Kunsthauses einziehen wird, ist die Sammlung von Werner Merzbacher. Merzbacher stellt in vielerlei Hinsicht den Gegenpol zu Emil G. Bührle dar. Der ehemalige Pelzhändler flüchtete mit seinen Eltern vor den Nazis. Als Financier und ehemaliger Pelzhändler baute er in den letzten 50 Jahren eine Kunstsammlung auf, die er nun ebenfalls in Dauerleihgabe dem Kunsthaus überlasst. Ein Porträt über ein schicksalhaftes Leben.
NB: Diese Sendung ist zum Teil in Schweizerdeutsch (Schwyzertüütsch) übertragen worden.
Die Bührle-Sammlung ist zweifelsfrei die bedeutendste und gleichzeitig auch die umstrittenste Sammlung impressionistischer Kunst in der Schweiz. Denn der ehemalige Waffenfabrikant und Mäzen Emil Georg Bührle konnte die Van Goghs, Monets und Cezannes nur mithilfe seiner immensen Waffengeschäfte mit Nazi-Deutschland beschaffen. Und: Einige der Kunstwerke aus der Sammlung gehörten ursprünglich jüdischen Sammlerinnen und Sammler und landeten über Umwegen als Raubkunst oder Fluchtgut bei Bührle. Nun werden rund 170 dieser Werke im neuen Erweiterungsbau des Kunsthauses Zürich gezeigt – ein grosser Coup, der Zürich nach Paris zur bedeutendsten Adresse impressionistischer Kunst machen soll. Wie geht man mit so einer belasteten Sammlung um? Das Kunsthaus verspricht eine saubere historische Aufarbeitung, unter anderem mit einem separaten Dokumentationsraum. Doch reicht das? «Kulturplatz» spricht mit den wichtigsten Akteuren – Corinne Mauch, Jakob Tanner, Erich Keller, Christoph Becker – der aktuellen Kontroverse rund um die Bührle-Sammlung.
Die zweite grosse Ausstellung, die in den Erweiterungsbau des Kunsthauses einziehen wird, ist die Sammlung von Werner Merzbacher. Merzbacher stellt in vielerlei Hinsicht den Gegenpol zu Emil G. Bührle dar. Der ehemalige Pelzhändler flüchtete mit seinen Eltern vor den Nazis. Als Financier und ehemaliger Pelzhändler baute er in den letzten 50 Jahren eine Kunstsammlung auf, die er nun ebenfalls in Dauerleihgabe dem Kunsthaus überlasst. Ein Porträt über ein schicksalhaftes Leben.
NB: Diese Sendung ist zum Teil in Schweizerdeutsch (Schwyzertüütsch) übertragen worden.
Archbishop Apologises for Steamy Video Filmed in Spanish Cathedral
THE GUARDIAN: Video shows rapper C Tangana and singer Nathy Peluso grind against each other inside Toledo Cathedral
The cathedral’s dean said the video presented ‘the story of a conversion through human love’. Photograph: Youtube
The archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy video that shows a couple grinding against each other in its hallowed precincts.
The video for Ateo (Atheist) features the Spanish rapper C Tangana and the Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso dancing steamily in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral, much to the fascination of onlookers, among them a priest.
Elsewhere in the video, a naked but partially pixelated Peluso holds aloft C Tangana’s severed head, and he yanks her hair. The pulling of Peluso’s hair is an echo of one of the paintings inside the cathedral, which shows a demon pulling a woman’s hair to stop her reaching salvation. The painting is also used as the song’s artwork. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Friday, October 8, 2021
The archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy video that shows a couple grinding against each other in its hallowed precincts.
The video for Ateo (Atheist) features the Spanish rapper C Tangana and the Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso dancing steamily in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral, much to the fascination of onlookers, among them a priest.
Elsewhere in the video, a naked but partially pixelated Peluso holds aloft C Tangana’s severed head, and he yanks her hair. The pulling of Peluso’s hair is an echo of one of the paintings inside the cathedral, which shows a demon pulling a woman’s hair to stop her reaching salvation. The painting is also used as the song’s artwork. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Friday, October 8, 2021
Polen stellt nationales Recht über EU-Recht | DW Nachrichten
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«Ein Angriff auf die EU als Rechtsgemeinschaft»: Brüssel reagiert auf das Urteil des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Polens Verfassungsgericht hat erklärt, dass EU-Recht keinen Vorrang mehr vor polnischen Gesetzen hat. Damit schert das Land aus der gemeinsamen Rechtsordnung aus. In Brüssel sieht man eine rote Linie überschritten.
Erwartet und doch schockiert: Für Brüssel hat Warschau mit dem Entscheid des Verfassungsgerichts eine rote Linie überschritten. | Omar Marques / Imago
Schon seit Monaten hatte die EU auf einen Entscheid des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts gewartet und sich auf das Schlimmste eingestellt. Doch nachdem am Donnerstagnachmittag, Punkt 17 Uhr 15, die Richterinnen und Richter des Trybunal Konstytucyjny in Warschau tatsächlich zusammengetreten waren, wirkte das politische Brüssel dennoch wie aus allen Wolken gefallen.
In einem beispiellosen Urteilsspruch haben die polnischen Verfassungshüter erklärt, dass wesentliche Teile der europäischen Verträge nicht in Einklang mit der polnischen Verfassung seien. Polnisches Recht müsse grundsätzlich Vorrang vor EU-Recht haben. Jeder Versuch des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH), sich in Polens Justizwesen einzumischen, heisst es aus Warschau, verstosse gegen «die Regel, dass die Souveränität im Prozess der europäischen Integration bewahrt» bleibe. Finanzielle Sanktionen denkbar » | Daniel Steinvorth, Brüssel | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
Schon seit Monaten hatte die EU auf einen Entscheid des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts gewartet und sich auf das Schlimmste eingestellt. Doch nachdem am Donnerstagnachmittag, Punkt 17 Uhr 15, die Richterinnen und Richter des Trybunal Konstytucyjny in Warschau tatsächlich zusammengetreten waren, wirkte das politische Brüssel dennoch wie aus allen Wolken gefallen.
In einem beispiellosen Urteilsspruch haben die polnischen Verfassungshüter erklärt, dass wesentliche Teile der europäischen Verträge nicht in Einklang mit der polnischen Verfassung seien. Polnisches Recht müsse grundsätzlich Vorrang vor EU-Recht haben. Jeder Versuch des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH), sich in Polens Justizwesen einzumischen, heisst es aus Warschau, verstosse gegen «die Regel, dass die Souveränität im Prozess der europäischen Integration bewahrt» bleibe. Finanzielle Sanktionen denkbar » | Daniel Steinvorth, Brüssel | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
Italia Squisita: Lasagna in an Emilian Michelin Restaurant with Massimo Spigaroli - Antica Corte Pallavicina*
INGREDIENTI:
Pasta fresca/Fresh pasta:
Farina/Flour 00/00 300g
Uova/Eggs 3
Sale qb
Ragù/Bolognese sauce:
Carne bovina/Beef 500g
Salsiccia/pork sausage 200g
Passata pomodoro/Tomato paste 400g
Acqua/Water 100g
Vino rosso/Red wine – 1/2 bicchiere (1/2 glass)
Carote/Carrots
3 Cipolle/Onions
2 Sedano/Celery
1 Olio EVO/EVO oil qb
Sale/Salt qb
Besciamella/Bechamel:
Latte intero/Whole milk 1l
Farina/flour 00/00 70g
Burro/Butter 70 g
Sale/Salt qb
Noce moscata/nutmeg qb
Per la guarnizione/For the garnish:
Parmigiano 24 mesi 24 (months) qb
Burro/Butter qb
*qb: quanto basta = as much as you need; according to taste
"La vie en rose", les premiers pas d'Edith Piaf en tant que compositrice - Culture Prime
Oct 8, 2021 • Si on associe “La Vie en rose” à l’interprétation d’Edith Piaf, on oublie qu’elle en est aussi l’autrice. Le 9 novembre 1945, Edith Piaf et le compositeur Louiguy déposent “La Vie en rose” à la Société des Auteurs (future Sacem).
“J'écris toujours pour quelqu’un. La vie en rose, je l’ai écrite pour Marianne Michel. Deux ans après, c’est devenu un succès. On me l’a réclamé alors je l’ai chanté" - Edith Piaf
C’est aussi une des premières créations de Piaf en tant qu’auteure.
Plus tard elle se déclare également compositrice de la chanson. Mais Edith Piaf n’a que le statut d’auteur-parolière à la Sacem.
Le 14 octobre 1948, elle obtient le statut de “mélodiste”, c’est-à-dire de compositrice, à la Sacem.
Pour plus de contenu France Musique rendez-vous sur francemusique.fr »
“J'écris toujours pour quelqu’un. La vie en rose, je l’ai écrite pour Marianne Michel. Deux ans après, c’est devenu un succès. On me l’a réclamé alors je l’ai chanté" - Edith Piaf
C’est aussi une des premières créations de Piaf en tant qu’auteure.
Plus tard elle se déclare également compositrice de la chanson. Mais Edith Piaf n’a que le statut d’auteur-parolière à la Sacem.
Le 14 octobre 1948, elle obtient le statut de “mélodiste”, c’est-à-dire de compositrice, à la Sacem.
Pour plus de contenu France Musique rendez-vous sur francemusique.fr »
Cross-dressing among Nazi-era German Wehrmacht Soldiers | DW Feature
The Terrifying Reality of Life under Russia's Anti-Gay Laws
Jan 6, 2014 • The Iron Closet: Russia's draconian anti-gay laws effectively licensing violent vigilante gangs to target the LGBT community.
Brutally beaten and forced to drink their own urine while being filmed for internet broadcasts, homosexuals lured into the hands of vigilante groups like Occupy Pedofilyaj (who uniformly view gays as paedophiles) should be very afraid. But they can't expect any help from the police: if they're caught the police arrest the victims and not their torturers. "The objective is to look for paedophile-minded residents and film a video that will them leave them publicly disgraced", Yekaterina Zigunova, of the group Occupy Pedofilyaj, boasts unashamedly.
The encouragement and free hand they're given is one of the more confronting features of Russia's anti-gay stance. The law has left homosexuals living in fear. Even an expression that you believe in equal rights, or any public display, could result in arrest. "Theoretically it's possible to start hauling us into the police station today", Masha Gessen says about co-habiting with her partner. But they're not giving up and see the Olympics as a great opportunity to confront Russian society. As one activist, Polina, says, "I would call on Games participants to come here and to do visible things in support of LGBT people. Only this way will we have a public discussion".
Brutally beaten and forced to drink their own urine while being filmed for internet broadcasts, homosexuals lured into the hands of vigilante groups like Occupy Pedofilyaj (who uniformly view gays as paedophiles) should be very afraid. But they can't expect any help from the police: if they're caught the police arrest the victims and not their torturers. "The objective is to look for paedophile-minded residents and film a video that will them leave them publicly disgraced", Yekaterina Zigunova, of the group Occupy Pedofilyaj, boasts unashamedly.
The encouragement and free hand they're given is one of the more confronting features of Russia's anti-gay stance. The law has left homosexuals living in fear. Even an expression that you believe in equal rights, or any public display, could result in arrest. "Theoretically it's possible to start hauling us into the police station today", Masha Gessen says about co-habiting with her partner. But they're not giving up and see the Olympics as a great opportunity to confront Russian society. As one activist, Polina, says, "I would call on Games participants to come here and to do visible things in support of LGBT people. Only this way will we have a public discussion".
Wem gehören Johannes und seine Jünger?
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Die ungarische Regierung streitet mit der Adelsfamilie Batthyány um ein Gemälde aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Wem steht es zu? Darüber ist sich nicht einmal die Magnatenfamilie selbst einig.
Der Streit zwischen der ungarischen Regierung und der einstigen magyarischen Magnatenfamilie Batthyány entzündet sich an einem Gemälde. „Predigt Johannes des Täufers“ heißt es, gemalt vom Niederländer Pieter Bruegel dem Älteren im 16. Jahrhundert. Das Tafelbild zeigt eine Versammlung auf einer Lichtung, die Menge steht um einen Redner in braunem Gewand: Johannes der Täufer. Heute befindet sich das Bild im Museum der Bildenden Künste in Budapest. Und genau das ist der Streitpunkt zwischen Viktor Orbáns Regierung und den Batthyánys. Doch nicht nur unter ihnen herrscht Uneinigkeit. Die gibt es auch innerhalb der Adelsfamilie – darüber, wem das Werk Bruegels zusteht. Und so beschäftigen sich derzeit Gerichte in Österreich und Ungarn mit diesem Fall. » | Von Michaela Seiser, Wirtschaftskorrespondentin für Österreich und Ungarn mit Sitz in Wien | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
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Tusk ruft zu Protest in Warschau auf
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Nachdem das polnische Verfassungsgericht nationalem Recht den Vorrang vor EU-Recht gegeben hat, ruft Oppositionsführer Donald Tusk zum Protest auf. „Nur gemeinsam können wir sie stoppen“, schreibt Tusk auf Twitter.
Der frühere EU-Ratspräsident und polnische Oppositionsführer Donald Tusk hat zu Protesten gegen ein umstrittenes Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts seines Landes aufgerufen. „Ich rufe alle, die ein europäisches Polen verteidigen wollen, dazu auf, am Sonntag um 18 Uhr auf den Schlossplatz in Warschau zu kommen“, schrieb er am Donnerstagabend auf Twitter. „Nur gemeinsam können wir sie stoppen.“ Tusk ist kommissarischer Vorsitzender von Polens größter Oppositionspartei, der liberalkonservativen Bürgerplattform. » | Quelle: dpa | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
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Paris demande des sanctions contre la Hongrie pour sa loi «homophobe»
LE FIGARO : La Hongrie doit faire l'objet de sanctions européennes pour sa loi «homophobe» adoptée en juin, a estimé vendredi 8 octobre le secrétaire d'État français aux Affaires européennes qui se rendra mardi à Budapest. «Il y a une loi homophobe très grave qui a été votée en Hongrie à la mi-juin. Sur ce sujet, il peut, il doit y avoir des sanctions juridiques, voire financières», a déclaré Clément Beaune sur BFMTV.
«On ne peut pas voter une loi qui ne respecte pas des principes de l'Europe qui sont l'égalité, la liberté, la non-discrimination», a insisté le secrétaire d'État qui a lui-même fait son coming out en 2020. «C'est pas des mots, ça a été instauré après la Seconde Guerre mondiale parce qu'on sait ce qu'il se passe quand on casse l'État de droit et les valeurs». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 8 octobre 2021
« Je suis gay et je l'assume » : Clément Beaune fait son coming out : Le secrétaire d'État chargé des Affaires européennes, qui a accordé une interview à « Têtu », veut montrer que l'orientation sexuelle « n'est pas un obstacle ». »
Cabinet minister comes out as gay with defiant vow to fight Poland’s shameful ‘LGBT-free zones’: France’s minister for European affairs Clément Beaune has publicly come out as gay and vowed to fight against Poland’s “LGBT-free zones”. »
LGBT+ BBC Staff ‘No Longer Feel Safe’ as Broadcaster Expected to Cut Ties with Stonewall
PINK NEWS: LGBT+ staff at the BBC have said that they “no longer feel safe” at the broadcaster as it reportedly prepares to withdraw from Stonewall’s workplace diversity scheme.
The BBC is just one of around 800 organisations across the UK that are signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, which promotes LGBT+ inclusion and equality in the workplace.
Numerous organisations – including Ofcom – have pulled out of the programme in recent months as the charity has faced a barrage of attacks over its trans-inclusive stance.
The BBC is expected to become the next major casualty of the anti-trans discourse surrounding Stonewall, according to Vice.
BBC insiders told Vice that the planned withdrawal from the Diversity Champions scheme could happen as soon as next week. The broadcaster’s membership is due for renewal “in early October”, staff said, and BBC executives have reportedly decided not to continue it.
One anonymous BBC staffer told Vice that top executives at the broadcaster feel they can’t be connected to Stonewall “in any way” because the BBC needs to be “impartial on LGBTQ lives”. » | Patrick Kelleher | Thursday, October 7, 2021
The BBC is just one of around 800 organisations across the UK that are signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, which promotes LGBT+ inclusion and equality in the workplace.
Numerous organisations – including Ofcom – have pulled out of the programme in recent months as the charity has faced a barrage of attacks over its trans-inclusive stance.
The BBC is expected to become the next major casualty of the anti-trans discourse surrounding Stonewall, according to Vice.
BBC insiders told Vice that the planned withdrawal from the Diversity Champions scheme could happen as soon as next week. The broadcaster’s membership is due for renewal “in early October”, staff said, and BBC executives have reportedly decided not to continue it.
One anonymous BBC staffer told Vice that top executives at the broadcaster feel they can’t be connected to Stonewall “in any way” because the BBC needs to be “impartial on LGBTQ lives”. » | Patrick Kelleher | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Polish Court Rules EU Laws Incompatible with Its Constitution
THE GUARDIAN: Country takes big step towards ‘legal Polexit’ against backdrop of rows between ruling nationalists and Brussels
The Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, arriving at an EU-western Balkans summit in Slovenia on Wednesday. Photograph: Radek Pietruszka/EPA
Poland’s constitutional tribunal has ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, taking a major step towards a “legal Polexit” with far-reaching consequences for Warsaw’s funding and future relations with the bloc.
The tribunal, whose legitimacy is contested after multiple appointments of judges loyal to the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said some provisions of EU treaties and EU court rulings clashed with Poland’s highest law, adding that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
“This is a legal revolution,” said René Repasi, professor of international and European law at Erasmus university in Rotterdam. “Admittedly it’s a captured court, but this is furthest step towards a legal exit from the EU ever taken by a national court.”
In a strongly-worded initial reaction, the European Commission said the decision on Thursday raised “serious concerns”. It reaffirmed that “EU law has primacy over national law, including constitutional provisions”.
The commission added that rulings by the European court of justice are “binding on all member state’s authorities, including national courts”, and said it would “not hesitate to make use of its powers under the treaties to safeguard the uniform application and integrity of union law”. » | Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Poland’s constitutional tribunal has ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, taking a major step towards a “legal Polexit” with far-reaching consequences for Warsaw’s funding and future relations with the bloc.
The tribunal, whose legitimacy is contested after multiple appointments of judges loyal to the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said some provisions of EU treaties and EU court rulings clashed with Poland’s highest law, adding that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
“This is a legal revolution,” said René Repasi, professor of international and European law at Erasmus university in Rotterdam. “Admittedly it’s a captured court, but this is furthest step towards a legal exit from the EU ever taken by a national court.”
In a strongly-worded initial reaction, the European Commission said the decision on Thursday raised “serious concerns”. It reaffirmed that “EU law has primacy over national law, including constitutional provisions”.
The commission added that rulings by the European court of justice are “binding on all member state’s authorities, including national courts”, and said it would “not hesitate to make use of its powers under the treaties to safeguard the uniform application and integrity of union law”. » | Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Outrage after Gay Woman Diagnosed at Spanish Hospital with ‘homosexuality’
THE GUARDIAN: LGBT group complains to Murcia government after teenager was given report that included line: ‘Current illness: homosexual’
A Pride march in the Valencia region of Spain. LGBTI activists in Murcia want their regional authorities to apologise over a teenager’s treatment at Reina Sofía hospital, saying some in the health service ‘view sexual orientation as an illness’. Photograph: Biel Aliño/EPA
A family and an LGBT collective in south-east Spain are demanding answers and an apology after a 19-year-old gay woman who visited a gynaecologist over a menstrual condition was diagnosed with “homosexuality”.
On Monday the woman went to an appointment at the Reina Sofía hospital in the city of Murcia. After being examined she was given a piece of paper that included the line: “Current illness: homosexual.”
The woman’s mother told the online paper elDiario.es that the gynaecologist had asked her daughter whether he could include her sexual orientation in his report, and that she had consented – despite her surprise – as she thought at the time it might be relevant.
“At first, I thought it was funny, but it just isn’t,” said the patient. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Thursday, October 7, 2021
A family and an LGBT collective in south-east Spain are demanding answers and an apology after a 19-year-old gay woman who visited a gynaecologist over a menstrual condition was diagnosed with “homosexuality”.
On Monday the woman went to an appointment at the Reina Sofía hospital in the city of Murcia. After being examined she was given a piece of paper that included the line: “Current illness: homosexual.”
The woman’s mother told the online paper elDiario.es that the gynaecologist had asked her daughter whether he could include her sexual orientation in his report, and that she had consented – despite her surprise – as she thought at the time it might be relevant.
“At first, I thought it was funny, but it just isn’t,” said the patient. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Thursday, October 7, 2021
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Boris's Brexit Boomerang: Is the UK Spiraling into Chaos? | To the Point
Brexit is, and will continue to be, a disaster. BoJo is not qualified for the high position he holds: He doesn’t have any understanding of economics and he is not interested in the hard work that governing entails. Britain is on its way to becoming the ‘Sick Man of Europe’ yet again. We’ve been there before and we had to enter Europe to solve it. BoJo and his silly ideas will only compound the problem. – © Mark
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Hinweis an den Hacker
Ich glaube, es wäre eine gute Idee, wenn Du Deine Mutter fragen würdest, Dir als Geschenk eine Babyrassel zu kaufen und sie in Deinen Kinderwagen legen. Die Rassel wird Dich sicherlich trösten!
Liebe Grüße,
Mark
Liebe Grüße,
Mark
A Short but Important Message to My Visitors
I am being hacked again, even as I write this. One of my posts about anti-Semitism has been taken down. I had placed that up only a short while ago. It was an article from the New York Times on anti-Semitism in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Then, I noticed that I was unable to place a link underneath my report from 60 Minutes Australia on gay conversion therapy, entitled Pray the Gay Away. The keyword underneath that video is now ‘great songs’. I did didn’t place those words there, a hacker did. Problem is that I cannot change it back to what it should be! This has never happened to me before.
The hacker is clearly an anti-Semite. He is also sure to be a homophobe. This is extremely sad. – © Mark
Then, I noticed that I was unable to place a link underneath my report from 60 Minutes Australia on gay conversion therapy, entitled Pray the Gay Away. The keyword underneath that video is now ‘great songs’. I did didn’t place those words there, a hacker did. Problem is that I cannot change it back to what it should be! This has never happened to me before.
The hacker is clearly an anti-Semite. He is also sure to be a homophobe. This is extremely sad. – © Mark
Vandals Tag 9 Barracks at Auschwitz with Antisemitic Slurs
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Wooden barracks at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2005. | Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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Vandals Tag 9 Barracks at Auschwitz with Antisemitic Slurs
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Wooden barracks at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2005. | Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Boris Johnson promet un avenir «radieux»
LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre britannique a déroulé, mercredi, devant le congrès des tories sa vision d’un «conservatisme radical et optimiste».
Boris Johnson ne veut pas se laisser polluer par l’air du temps. Certes, il y a ces crises en cascade, la flambée des prix du gaz, les pénuries d’essence, les problèmes d’approvisionnement dans les supermarchés ou les usines, le manque de main-d’œuvre et mille autres tracasseries qui flottent dans le sillage de la crise sanitaire et du Brexit. Mais le premier ministre se veut un indéfectible optimiste et il fallait rassurer les militants. Il a ainsi promis, mercredi, un avenir «radieux», en déroulant sa vision d’un «conservatisme radical et optimiste».
C’est la première fois depuis deux ans que «BoJo» haranguait ses troupes conservatrices réunies en congrès à Manchester. Par contraste avec un Labour «fatigué et pessimiste», le patron des tories a voulu déployer toute sa force de conviction. L’artisan du Brexit s’est engagé à libérer «l’esprit unique» de la Grande-Bretagne. Cet esprit comparable à nul autre, il le trouve chez les soignants, les entrepreneurs et les sportifs. Le premier ministre a cité en exemple la résilience mentale de la joueuse de tennis Emma Raducanu, lors de sa victoire dans le dernier US Open. Et s’est émerveillé qu’un pays représentant 0,8 % de la population mondiale ait pu se hisser à la quatrième place des médailles aux derniers Jeux olympiques. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange | mercredi 8 octobre 2021
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Depuis le Brexit, les différends entre Paris et Londres s’accumulent : ANALYSE - Le bras de fer franco-britannique engagé depuis neuf mois au sujet de la pêche n’est qu’un contentieux parmi d’autres. La relation entre les deux pays n’avait pas été aussi dégradée depuis longtemps. »
La France peut-elle vraiment couper le courant à Jersey ? : LA VÉRIFICATION - Le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européennes a agité ce mardi la menace énergétique pour faire pression contre Londres dans le dossier de la pêche. »
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Autriche : le chancelier Sebastian Kurz visé par une enquête pour corruption
LE FIGARO : «Neuf autres suspects, ainsi que trois organisations» sont aussi concernés pour diverses infractions de corruption liées à cette affaire, a annoncé le parquet dans un communiqué.
Le chancelier autrichien Sebastian Kurz, visé par une enquête, est soupçonné d'avoir utilisé des fonds gouvernementaux pour s'assurer une couverture médiatique favorable, a annoncé le parquet mercredi 6 octobre. «Sebastian Kurz et neuf autres suspects, ainsi que trois organisations» font l'objet d'une enquête pour diverses infractions de corruption liées à cette affaire, a précisé le parquet dans un communiqué, après une série de perquisitions. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 5 octobre 2021
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A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Every so often the tectonic geopolitical plates that hold up the world economy suddenly shift in ways that can rattle and destabilize everything on the surface. That’s happening right now in the energy sphere.
Several forces are coming together that could make Vladimir Putin the king of Europe, enable Iran to thumb its nose at America and build an atomic bomb, and disrupt European power markets enough that the upcoming U.N. climate conference in Glasgow could suffer blackouts owing to too little clean energy.
Yes, this is a big one.
Natural gas and coal prices in Europe and Asia just hit their highest levels on record, oil prices in America hit a seven-year high and U.S. gasoline prices are up $1 a gallon from last year. If this winter is as bad as some experts predict — with some in the poor and middle classes unable to heat their homes — I fear we’ll see a populist backlash to the whole climate/green movement. You can already smell that coming in Britain.
I am a fan of the financial newsletter Blain’s Morning Porridge, written by a smart, irreverent market strategist in London, Bill Blain. Last Thursday he bluntly summed up the energy situation for the U.K. and Europe this way:
This winter — people are going to die of cold. As the price of energy goes higher, the costs will fall disproportionately upon the poorest in society. Income inequalities will be dramatically exposed as the most vulnerable in society face a stark choice: heat or eat. … This winter the U.K. is likely to be on its knees, begging energy from wherever it’s available. Europe will be in as much trouble. The Middle East will be charging whatever they can get away with, and the capacity to deliver is limited. … And Vladimir Putin can’t wait. … He will invite each European leader to plead their case individually, menacingly asking each leader why he should open the gas taps to their nation specifically. … Make no mistake, this winter is going to be shocking. Be aware.
How did we get here? In truth, it’s a good-news-bad-news story. » | Thomas L. Friedman, Opinion Columnist | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
’Pandora Papers’: Why Is It So Difficult to Clamp Down on Tax Evasion? | DW News
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