Monday, January 31, 2022
Portugal’s Socialists Win an Outright Majority in Parliamentary Election
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Because of a strong performance in the snap elections, the governing party will not have to form a coalition in the fractious Parliament.
Supporters of Portugal’s Socialist Party after the polls closed in Lisbon on Sunday. | Armando Franca/Associated Press
LISBON — Portugal’s governing Socialist Party was victorious in snap elections on Sunday, winning enough seats in Parliament to govern without a coalition.
The result brought relief to Prime Minister António Costa, Portugal’s leader of the last six years, who has been popular for managing the country’s response to the pandemic but also faced questions about his stewardship of the economy.
With 98 percent of the vote counted, Portugal’s Socialist Party had taken 42 percent of ballots. The center-right Social Democratic Party, or P.S.D., had roughly 28 percent of the votes.
The snap election was called in November after the budget dispute, which involved defections from Mr. Costa’s left-wing partners. » | Nicholas Casey | Sunday, January 30, 2022
António Costa verspricht den Portugiesen eine stabile Regierung: In Portugal haben die Sozialisten am Sonntag völlig überraschend die absolute Mehrheit bei der vorgezogenen Wahl errungen. Während die einstigen Bündnispartner Costas im linken Lager von den Wählern abgestraft wurden, wird die rechtspopulistische Chega zur drittstärksten Kraft im Parlament. »
LISBON — Portugal’s governing Socialist Party was victorious in snap elections on Sunday, winning enough seats in Parliament to govern without a coalition.
The result brought relief to Prime Minister António Costa, Portugal’s leader of the last six years, who has been popular for managing the country’s response to the pandemic but also faced questions about his stewardship of the economy.
With 98 percent of the vote counted, Portugal’s Socialist Party had taken 42 percent of ballots. The center-right Social Democratic Party, or P.S.D., had roughly 28 percent of the votes.
The snap election was called in November after the budget dispute, which involved defections from Mr. Costa’s left-wing partners. » | Nicholas Casey | Sunday, January 30, 2022
António Costa verspricht den Portugiesen eine stabile Regierung: In Portugal haben die Sozialisten am Sonntag völlig überraschend die absolute Mehrheit bei der vorgezogenen Wahl errungen. Während die einstigen Bündnispartner Costas im linken Lager von den Wählern abgestraft wurden, wird die rechtspopulistische Chega zur drittstärksten Kraft im Parlament. »
Scottish and Welsh Ministers Criticise ‘Cack-handed’ Plans to Scrap EU Rules
THE GUARDIAN: UK government accused of not properly consulting devolved parliaments over ‘Brexit freedom bill’
The proposed bill will have a significant impact on hundreds of areas controlled by devolved governments. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
Senior ministers in the Welsh and Scottish governments have furiously criticised “last-minute and cack-handed” plans from the Conservatives to scrap or amend thousands of EU rules.
The move – nicknamed the “Brexit freedoms bill” – has also raised alarm from constitutional experts who said it would make it easier for ministers to bulldoze through important parliamentary scrutiny.
Senior sources in the devolved governments have accused the UK government of failing to properly consult ministers in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Stormont, even though the proposals, released on Monday by No 10, will have a significant impact on hundreds of areas controlled by devolved governments.
One source said the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish parliaments first learned an announcement was imminent when they were invited at 1.51pm last Friday to an unexpected meeting on Saturday with Suella Braverman, the attorney general.
It involved ministers from all three devolved administrations and the cabinet ministers for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. » | Severin Carrell and Jessica Elgot | Monday, January 31, 2022
Senior ministers in the Welsh and Scottish governments have furiously criticised “last-minute and cack-handed” plans from the Conservatives to scrap or amend thousands of EU rules.
The move – nicknamed the “Brexit freedoms bill” – has also raised alarm from constitutional experts who said it would make it easier for ministers to bulldoze through important parliamentary scrutiny.
Senior sources in the devolved governments have accused the UK government of failing to properly consult ministers in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Stormont, even though the proposals, released on Monday by No 10, will have a significant impact on hundreds of areas controlled by devolved governments.
One source said the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish parliaments first learned an announcement was imminent when they were invited at 1.51pm last Friday to an unexpected meeting on Saturday with Suella Braverman, the attorney general.
It involved ministers from all three devolved administrations and the cabinet ministers for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. » | Severin Carrell and Jessica Elgot | Monday, January 31, 2022
The Precariat Society I ARTE.tv Documentary
Jan 31, 2022 • A third of Europeans live in economic insecurity: Zero hours contracts, the fear of redundancy and stagnating wages have brought more and more people into poverty and precariousness and provided fertile conditions for the political extremes.
With contributions from geographer Christophe Guilluy, economist Guy Standing, and from people struggling to make ends meet across Europe, this documentary focuses on the new working poor, the precariat.
The Precariat Society I ARTE.tv Documentary
Available until the 17/04/2022
With contributions from geographer Christophe Guilluy, economist Guy Standing, and from people struggling to make ends meet across Europe, this documentary focuses on the new working poor, the precariat.
The Precariat Society I ARTE.tv Documentary
Available until the 17/04/2022
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Luxury at the Top, Privation at the Bottom: Britain Is Becoming Feudal in Its Disparities
THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: With their private planes and wine fridges, those governing the UK are too steeped in excess to see the suffering they cause
Sometimes things that are self-evident still need to be pointed out. So it is with one aspect of the crisis we now know as “partygate”, and an element of the story that both observers and participants have seemed to take for granted: the fact that all the disgrace and deceit revealed since December took place amid a level of plenty that millions of people will surely consider almost surreal.
This is not just a matter of a suitcase full of booze, generous helpings of M&S “picnic food” and the infamous fridge that held 34 bottles of wine. Consider the bit-part players: an interior designer whose wallpaper of choice costs £840 a roll, a London property developer (and Tory donor) famed for taking out an £80m mortgage, and a chancellor whose family is reckoned to be worth more than the Queen. Note also the centrality to the Boris Johnson soap opera of cake, from the kind he says he can have while eating it, to the confection he was “ambushed” with in the cabinet room. In this world, any privations demanded by lockdown were more than balanced out by the comforts of eating, drinking and ostentatiously spending, not least on what Johnson apparently terms “letting off steam”.
Lexie often gets through a day by eating only toast, because, she told me last week, “my kids need to eat more than I need to eat”. She is disabled, and lives in rural north Wales, with her husband – who was recently made redundant – and four children, aged from eight to 18. Like so many other people, the benefits system leaves them unable to meet the cost of basic essentials, and their day-to-day predicament is now being made impossible by the mounting cost of living crisis, and everything it means for the price of food, petrol and heating. » | John Harris | Sunday, January 30, 2022
Sometimes things that are self-evident still need to be pointed out. So it is with one aspect of the crisis we now know as “partygate”, and an element of the story that both observers and participants have seemed to take for granted: the fact that all the disgrace and deceit revealed since December took place amid a level of plenty that millions of people will surely consider almost surreal.
This is not just a matter of a suitcase full of booze, generous helpings of M&S “picnic food” and the infamous fridge that held 34 bottles of wine. Consider the bit-part players: an interior designer whose wallpaper of choice costs £840 a roll, a London property developer (and Tory donor) famed for taking out an £80m mortgage, and a chancellor whose family is reckoned to be worth more than the Queen. Note also the centrality to the Boris Johnson soap opera of cake, from the kind he says he can have while eating it, to the confection he was “ambushed” with in the cabinet room. In this world, any privations demanded by lockdown were more than balanced out by the comforts of eating, drinking and ostentatiously spending, not least on what Johnson apparently terms “letting off steam”.
Lexie often gets through a day by eating only toast, because, she told me last week, “my kids need to eat more than I need to eat”. She is disabled, and lives in rural north Wales, with her husband – who was recently made redundant – and four children, aged from eight to 18. Like so many other people, the benefits system leaves them unable to meet the cost of basic essentials, and their day-to-day predicament is now being made impossible by the mounting cost of living crisis, and everything it means for the price of food, petrol and heating. » | John Harris | Sunday, January 30, 2022
1918-1939 : les rêves brisés de l’entre-deux guerres (7/8) | ARTE
Jan 16, 2022 • Treize destins de célébrités ou d'anonymes brossent le portrait des années troubles de l'entre-deux-guerres. Une fresque historique internationale, magistrale. Septième volet : le milieu des années 1930. L'Allemagne connaît de nouveau le plein emploi, le Front populaire arrive au pouvoir, Franco déclare la guerre aux républicains.
Au milieu des années 1930, l'Allemagne connaît de nouveau le plein emploi. En France, le Front populaire arrive au pouvoir tandis qu'en Espagne Franco déclare la guerre aux républicains. Comblée, Unity Mitford accompagne Hitler aux Jeux olympiques qui s'ouvrent à Berlin. À Moscou, l'étudiant en médecine Stepan Podlubny est forcé par le NKVD à espionner son entourage. Au "One-Two-Two", à Paris, Marcel Jamet doit faire de même pour le compte des services de renseignement. Mariée à Max Wachstein, Edith Wellspacher entame une liaison avec Bert Springer, un charismatique médecin proche des nazis. Hans Beimler rejoint en Espagne les Brigades internationales pour prendre part à la guerre civile.
Années fiévreuses
Après 14, des armes et des mots, qui restituait la barbarie de la Première Guerre mondiale à travers les itinéraires singuliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants originaires de six pays belligérants, cette nouvelle fresque historique se penche sur la période 1918-1939, cet entre-deux-guerres où la guerre n'a jamais vraiment cessé. À partir de leur correspondance, de leurs journaux intimes et de récits biographiques, les huit épisodes de cette coproduction internationale s’attachent aux destinées contrastées de treize personnages, célèbres ou anonymes, qui furent les témoins et acteurs des bouleversements de l’entre-deux-guerres. Entremêlant images d’archives issues de vingt-trois pays et reconstitutions remarquablement soignées, Jan Peter et Frédéric Goupil ressuscitent, par le prisme de l’intime, la chronologie de ces fiévreuses années, entre fureur de vivre, convulsions économiques et luttes politiques – dominées par l’affirmation des idéologies communiste et fasciste. De l’armistice de 1918 à la déclaration de guerre du 3 septembre 1939, une plongée magistrale dans une époque qui ambitionnait d’accoucher d’un nouveau monde et engendra une nouvelle tragédie.
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Au milieu des années 1930, l'Allemagne connaît de nouveau le plein emploi. En France, le Front populaire arrive au pouvoir tandis qu'en Espagne Franco déclare la guerre aux républicains. Comblée, Unity Mitford accompagne Hitler aux Jeux olympiques qui s'ouvrent à Berlin. À Moscou, l'étudiant en médecine Stepan Podlubny est forcé par le NKVD à espionner son entourage. Au "One-Two-Two", à Paris, Marcel Jamet doit faire de même pour le compte des services de renseignement. Mariée à Max Wachstein, Edith Wellspacher entame une liaison avec Bert Springer, un charismatique médecin proche des nazis. Hans Beimler rejoint en Espagne les Brigades internationales pour prendre part à la guerre civile.
Années fiévreuses
Après 14, des armes et des mots, qui restituait la barbarie de la Première Guerre mondiale à travers les itinéraires singuliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants originaires de six pays belligérants, cette nouvelle fresque historique se penche sur la période 1918-1939, cet entre-deux-guerres où la guerre n'a jamais vraiment cessé. À partir de leur correspondance, de leurs journaux intimes et de récits biographiques, les huit épisodes de cette coproduction internationale s’attachent aux destinées contrastées de treize personnages, célèbres ou anonymes, qui furent les témoins et acteurs des bouleversements de l’entre-deux-guerres. Entremêlant images d’archives issues de vingt-trois pays et reconstitutions remarquablement soignées, Jan Peter et Frédéric Goupil ressuscitent, par le prisme de l’intime, la chronologie de ces fiévreuses années, entre fureur de vivre, convulsions économiques et luttes politiques – dominées par l’affirmation des idéologies communiste et fasciste. De l’armistice de 1918 à la déclaration de guerre du 3 septembre 1939, une plongée magistrale dans une époque qui ambitionnait d’accoucher d’un nouveau monde et engendra une nouvelle tragédie.
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Dominic Cummings Says It Is His ‘Duty to Get Rid’ of Boris Johnson
THE GUARDIAN: Former No 10 chief adviser describes effort to remove PM from office as ‘sort of like fixing the drains’
Dominic Cummings revealed details of one of the most damaging No 10 lockdown gatherings on his Substack. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Dominic Cummings has said it is his “duty to get rid” of Boris Johnson as prime minister, describing it as “sort of like fixing the drains”. The prime minister’s former chief adviser called his former boss a “complete fuckwit” whose only preoccupations were “Big Ben’s bongs” and “looking at maps” to “order the building of things” in his honour. Cummings, who has sent evidence to the Cabinet Office inquiry led by Sue Gray, said it was imperative Johnson was removed from office. Speaking to New York magazine, he called it “an unpleasant but necessary job” and said it was legitimate to remove a prime minister who had won a big election victory if they were not up to the job. » | Jessica Elgot, Chief political correspondent | Sunday, January 30, 2022
Oh my! How the Conservatives have lost respectability and honour in recent years, especially after the Brexit fiasco and especially since the Party is being led by this dishonorable and disreputable clown.
I am sure I am not alone when I say that I shall never vote for the Party again whilst it is so Europhobic and whilst it is being led by far-right populists such as BoJo. – © Mark
Dominic Cummings has said it is his “duty to get rid” of Boris Johnson as prime minister, describing it as “sort of like fixing the drains”. The prime minister’s former chief adviser called his former boss a “complete fuckwit” whose only preoccupations were “Big Ben’s bongs” and “looking at maps” to “order the building of things” in his honour. Cummings, who has sent evidence to the Cabinet Office inquiry led by Sue Gray, said it was imperative Johnson was removed from office. Speaking to New York magazine, he called it “an unpleasant but necessary job” and said it was legitimate to remove a prime minister who had won a big election victory if they were not up to the job. » | Jessica Elgot, Chief political correspondent | Sunday, January 30, 2022
Oh my! How the Conservatives have lost respectability and honour in recent years, especially after the Brexit fiasco and especially since the Party is being led by this dishonorable and disreputable clown.
I am sure I am not alone when I say that I shall never vote for the Party again whilst it is so Europhobic and whilst it is being led by far-right populists such as BoJo. – © Mark
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Granted Restraining Order against Stalker
ADVOCATE: A Virginia woman has been accused of embarking on an escalating months-long campaign of harassment against the out Apple CEO.
A California judge has awarded Tim Cook a restraining order against a Virginia woman accused of stalking the out Apple CEO, trespassing on his property, and threatening to burn down his Palo Alto home.
In the restraining order application, filed last week in the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California, the 45-year-old woman is alleged to have demonstrated “erratic, threatening and bizarre” behavior, including emails featuring images of loaded handguns she claimed to have purchased.
Cook’s lawyers told the judge in their filing that they believe the woman from McLean, Va., is armed and in the Bay Area with intentions of returning to Cook’s home or to “locate him otherwise shortly.”
The court, which found the threat against Cook credible, prohibited the woman from possessing a firearm in addition to having any interaction with Apple employees, including its CEO. She is also banned from all Apple properties, and any violation of the restraining order can result in both jail time and a $1,000 fine. » | Rachel Shatto | Wednesday, January 26, 2022
LGBT+ Ukrainians Are Ready to Fight for Their Freedom If Russia Invades: ‘We Love Our Country’
PINK NEWS: LGBT+ people in Ukraine are afraid of what’s to come as tensions escalate between their country and Russia.
Ukraine and Russia have been at war with each other since 2014, but there are fears that conflict could spill over after Russia deployed tens of thousands of troops to its border with Ukraine in recent days.
Since then, the United States has put 8,500 of its own troops on alert to send to Ukraine if the war worsens, and NATO announced that it was sending ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe in preparation for a potential conflict.
A Russian attack, or potential invasion, would spell disaster for Ukraine’s LGBT+ community. Queer activists are worried about what could happen if the war escalates and if Russia was to ultimately seize additional Ukrainian territories. They fear that progress on LGBT+ rights would grind to a halt and that, in the event of a Russian invasion, they could see their freedoms restricted and rolled back.
Many are ready and willing to fight if they need to – they feel a patriotic sense of duty to their country – but they’re also painfully aware that the fight for LGBT+ rights could end up on the back burner. » | Patrick Kelleher | Saturday, January 29, 2022
Movie: Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump | Official Trailer
Sep 24, 2020 • Is Donald Trump fit to hold the office of President of the United States? Unfit presents an eye-opening analysis of the behaviour, psyche, condition and stability of Donald Trump. It takes a sociological look at the electorate that chose him, and the collective effect he is having on our culture and institutions. During the 2016 campaign, mental health professionals felt policy-bound from speaking publicly. Now, after years of observation, for the first time ever, they have decided enough is enough
. Director & Producer: Dan Partland Producer: Art Horan
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. Director & Producer: Dan Partland Producer: Art Horan
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Wie der harte Brexit die Reichen noch reicher machen soll | WDR Doku
Jan 21, 2021 • Am 1. Januar 2021 ist Großbritannien den letzten, endgültigen Schritt seines Brexit-Prozesses gegangen und hat die Zollunion und den Binnenmarkt der EU verlassen. Auch wenn das komplette Chaos eines Austritts ohne Anschlussabkommen in letzter Minute verhindert wurde, so handelt es sich doch um einen harten Bruch zwischen Großbritannien und der EU. Einen Hard Brexit also – mit Auflagen für Handel und Dienstleistungen sowie Wirtschaftseinbußen in Milliardenhöhe, die Experten für beide Seiten vorhersagen. In wessen Interesse ist das? Die Dokumentation folgt der Frage, wer die Akteure sind, die den Hard Brexit um jeden Preis wollten, und zeigt, mit welchen Mitteln sie dieses Ziel verfolgt haben. Es ist eine investigative Reise, bei der diskrete Londoner Adressen, neoliberale Think Tanks und eine Partei, die eigentlich eine Firma ist, eine Rolle spielen.
Der britische Premier Boris Johnson bezeichnet das Referendum über den Brexit gerne als Sternstunde der direkten Demokratie, als Rebellion der „kleinen Leute“ gegen die gesichtslose EU-Bürokratie. Doch was, wenn es beim Brexit letztlich gar nicht um den „Willen des Volkes“ ging, sondern um die Interessen einer kleinen britischen Elite?
Dieser Film zeigt bislang unbekannte Hintergründe des Brexit- Prozesses. Er belegt, dass es innerhalb und außerhalb der Tory-Partei von Anfang an eine Kampagne für einen harten Brexit gab, die mit Geld aus den tiefen Taschen der britischen Finanzelite wurde. Hat diese kleine Gruppe gut vernetzter Geschäftsleute und Finanzinvestoren tatsächlich bestimmt, was „Brexit“ jetzt für Großbritannien und die EU bedeutet? Frances Coppola, eine Wirtschaftsexpertin, die den Brexit intensiv beobachtet hat, sagt, das Ziel der Verfechter eines vollständigen Austritts aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt und der Zollunion sei es von Anfang an gewesen, aus Großbritannien „eine Art Singapur des Westens“, eine komplett deregulierte Steueroase, zu machen. Das habe mit der tatsächlichen EU-Skepsis vieler Briten und den öffentlich propagierten Zielen des Brexit, „die Kontrolle über das eigene Land zurückzugewinnen“, nur wenig zu tun. Sonia Sodha, prominente Autorin des „Observer“, urteilt: „Es besteht eine massive Diskrepanz zwischen der politischen Elite, die für den Brexit ist, und den Menschen, die für den Brexit gestimmt haben.“
Die Story von Tom Costello schildert diese bislang verborgene Seite des Brexit mit den Einschätzungen von britischen und EU-Politikern, investigativen Journalisten und Ökonomen und wirft Licht auf ein Milieu aus geheimnisvollen Think-Tanks, scheinbaren Graswurzelbewegungen und geschickt agierenden Lobbyisten, die mit allen Mitteln versucht haben, ihre Vision für die Zukunft Großbritanniens durchzusetzen.
Der britische Premier Boris Johnson bezeichnet das Referendum über den Brexit gerne als Sternstunde der direkten Demokratie, als Rebellion der „kleinen Leute“ gegen die gesichtslose EU-Bürokratie. Doch was, wenn es beim Brexit letztlich gar nicht um den „Willen des Volkes“ ging, sondern um die Interessen einer kleinen britischen Elite?
Dieser Film zeigt bislang unbekannte Hintergründe des Brexit- Prozesses. Er belegt, dass es innerhalb und außerhalb der Tory-Partei von Anfang an eine Kampagne für einen harten Brexit gab, die mit Geld aus den tiefen Taschen der britischen Finanzelite wurde. Hat diese kleine Gruppe gut vernetzter Geschäftsleute und Finanzinvestoren tatsächlich bestimmt, was „Brexit“ jetzt für Großbritannien und die EU bedeutet? Frances Coppola, eine Wirtschaftsexpertin, die den Brexit intensiv beobachtet hat, sagt, das Ziel der Verfechter eines vollständigen Austritts aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt und der Zollunion sei es von Anfang an gewesen, aus Großbritannien „eine Art Singapur des Westens“, eine komplett deregulierte Steueroase, zu machen. Das habe mit der tatsächlichen EU-Skepsis vieler Briten und den öffentlich propagierten Zielen des Brexit, „die Kontrolle über das eigene Land zurückzugewinnen“, nur wenig zu tun. Sonia Sodha, prominente Autorin des „Observer“, urteilt: „Es besteht eine massive Diskrepanz zwischen der politischen Elite, die für den Brexit ist, und den Menschen, die für den Brexit gestimmt haben.“
Die Story von Tom Costello schildert diese bislang verborgene Seite des Brexit mit den Einschätzungen von britischen und EU-Politikern, investigativen Journalisten und Ökonomen und wirft Licht auf ein Milieu aus geheimnisvollen Think-Tanks, scheinbaren Graswurzelbewegungen und geschickt agierenden Lobbyisten, die mit allen Mitteln versucht haben, ihre Vision für die Zukunft Großbritanniens durchzusetzen.
Le pays des contradictions | Le Royaume-Uni et le Brexit (2/2) | ARTE
Jan 28, 2022 • Pourquoi les Britanniques ont-ils décidé de quitter l’Europe ? Second volet de ce voyage dans la genèse du Brexit : comment les politiques économiques menées depuis Thatcher ont-elles nourri la montée du discours eurosceptique au Royaume-Uni ?
Les années Thatcher semblent avoir été déterminantes. Alors que la politique de privatisations menée à marche forcée par la Dame de fer a fragilisé le tissu économique et ébranlé la classe ouvrière, la perte de souveraineté du royaume s’est imposée comme un lancinant leitmotiv. Après les espoirs déçus suscités par son successeur, le travailliste Tony Blair, la défiance vis-à-vis des institutions européennes n’a fait que croître au sein de la population. Pour un grand nombre de Britanniques, s’en émanciper est alors perçu comme la seule solution pour mettre un frein au déclin économique et géopolitique de leur pays.
Portrait choral
À travers les témoignages de citoyens aux profils variés (cinéaste, ancien syndicaliste, chef d’entreprise, psychologue, humoriste...), Sebastian Bellwinkel (Policiers et citoyens, une relation sous tension) retrace le long processus – historique, économique, politique… – qui a conduit une majorité de Britanniques sur la voie du Brexit.
Documentaire de Sebastian Bellwinkel (Allemagne, 2020, 53mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 29/04/2022
La première partie de ce documentaire est ici.
Les années Thatcher semblent avoir été déterminantes. Alors que la politique de privatisations menée à marche forcée par la Dame de fer a fragilisé le tissu économique et ébranlé la classe ouvrière, la perte de souveraineté du royaume s’est imposée comme un lancinant leitmotiv. Après les espoirs déçus suscités par son successeur, le travailliste Tony Blair, la défiance vis-à-vis des institutions européennes n’a fait que croître au sein de la population. Pour un grand nombre de Britanniques, s’en émanciper est alors perçu comme la seule solution pour mettre un frein au déclin économique et géopolitique de leur pays.
Portrait choral
À travers les témoignages de citoyens aux profils variés (cinéaste, ancien syndicaliste, chef d’entreprise, psychologue, humoriste...), Sebastian Bellwinkel (Policiers et citoyens, une relation sous tension) retrace le long processus – historique, économique, politique… – qui a conduit une majorité de Britanniques sur la voie du Brexit.
Documentaire de Sebastian Bellwinkel (Allemagne, 2020, 53mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 29/04/2022
La première partie de ce documentaire est ici.
La grande puissance en mutation | Le Royaume-Uni et le Brexit (1/2) | ARTE
Jan 28, 2022 • Pourquoi les Britanniques ont-ils décidé de quitter l’Europe ? Cette première partie aborde l’héritage colonial de l’empire – qui fit du petit État insulaire la première puissance mondiale au XIXe siècle – et le souvenir victorieux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux éléments clés ayant nourri l’aspiration à l’indépendance nationale, l’euroscepticisme et le racisme d’une partie des Britanniques.
Depuis le référendum de 2016, qui a scellé la sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne au 31 décembre 2020, les menaces proférées à l’encontre des musulmans et les agressions contre les immigrés d’Europe de l’Est et les homosexuels ont bondi de 40 % dans le pays. Ravivé par le mouvement Black Lives Matter, né outre-Atlantique, le passé colonial de la Grande-Bretagne pèse de plus en plus sur les débats dans un pays fracturé entre europhiles et europhobes. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? De 1945 à aujourd’hui en passant par l’adhésion du Royaume-Uni à la Communauté économique européenne en 1973, cette première partie aborde notamment l’héritage colonial de l’empire – qui fit du petit État insulaire la première puissance mondiale au XIXe siècle – et le souvenir victorieux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux éléments clés ayant nourri l’aspiration à l’indépendance nationale, l’euroscepticisme et le racisme d’une partie des Britanniques.
Portrait choral
À travers les témoignages de citoyens aux profils variés (cinéaste, ancien syndicaliste, chef d’entreprise, psychologue, humoriste...), Sebastian Bellwinkel (Policiers et citoyens, une relation sous tension) retrace le long processus – historique, économique, politique… – qui a conduit une majorité de Britanniques sur la voie du Brexit.
Documentaire de Sebastian Bellwinkel (Allemagne, 2020, 52mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 29/04/2022
Depuis le référendum de 2016, qui a scellé la sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne au 31 décembre 2020, les menaces proférées à l’encontre des musulmans et les agressions contre les immigrés d’Europe de l’Est et les homosexuels ont bondi de 40 % dans le pays. Ravivé par le mouvement Black Lives Matter, né outre-Atlantique, le passé colonial de la Grande-Bretagne pèse de plus en plus sur les débats dans un pays fracturé entre europhiles et europhobes. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? De 1945 à aujourd’hui en passant par l’adhésion du Royaume-Uni à la Communauté économique européenne en 1973, cette première partie aborde notamment l’héritage colonial de l’empire – qui fit du petit État insulaire la première puissance mondiale au XIXe siècle – et le souvenir victorieux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux éléments clés ayant nourri l’aspiration à l’indépendance nationale, l’euroscepticisme et le racisme d’une partie des Britanniques.
Portrait choral
À travers les témoignages de citoyens aux profils variés (cinéaste, ancien syndicaliste, chef d’entreprise, psychologue, humoriste...), Sebastian Bellwinkel (Policiers et citoyens, une relation sous tension) retrace le long processus – historique, économique, politique… – qui a conduit une majorité de Britanniques sur la voie du Brexit.
Documentaire de Sebastian Bellwinkel (Allemagne, 2020, 52mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 29/04/2022
Putin Has Long Tried to Balance Europe. Now He’s Working to Reset It.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: After years of trying to diplomatically divide and conquer, the Russian leader has seemingly decided to antagonize Europe as a whole in the current Ukraine crisis.
For much of his 22 years in high office, Vladimir V. Putin has worked to carefully balance Russia’s position in Europe. He ingratiated himself with some capitals as he bullied others, and sought economic integration as he lambasted European values.
Even after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 sent relations plunging, and Moscow harried some European countries with mass-scale disinformation and near-miss military fly-bys, it reached out to others — if not exactly winning them over, then at least keeping diplomacy open.
But, with this winter’s crisis over Ukraine, Mr. Putin is overtly embracing something he had long avoided: hostility with Europe as a whole.
The more that Europe meets Moscow’s threats with eastward military reinforcements and pledges of economic punishments, papering over its otherwise deep internal disagreements, the more that Mr. Putin escalates right back. And rather than emphasizing diplomacy across European capitals, he has largely gone over them to Washington.
The shift reflects Moscow’s perception of European governments as American puppets to be shunted aside, as well as its assertion of itself as a great power standing astride Europe rather than an unusually powerful neighbor. It also shows Russia’s ambition to no longer simply manage but outright remake the European security order.
But in seeking to domineer Europe, even if only over the question of relations to Ukraine, “There’s a risk of pushing Europe together, of amplifying more hawkish voices and capitals,” said Emma Ashford, who studies European security issues at The Atlantic Council research group. » | Max Fisher | Saturday, January 29, 2022
For much of his 22 years in high office, Vladimir V. Putin has worked to carefully balance Russia’s position in Europe. He ingratiated himself with some capitals as he bullied others, and sought economic integration as he lambasted European values.
Even after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 sent relations plunging, and Moscow harried some European countries with mass-scale disinformation and near-miss military fly-bys, it reached out to others — if not exactly winning them over, then at least keeping diplomacy open.
But, with this winter’s crisis over Ukraine, Mr. Putin is overtly embracing something he had long avoided: hostility with Europe as a whole.
The more that Europe meets Moscow’s threats with eastward military reinforcements and pledges of economic punishments, papering over its otherwise deep internal disagreements, the more that Mr. Putin escalates right back. And rather than emphasizing diplomacy across European capitals, he has largely gone over them to Washington.
The shift reflects Moscow’s perception of European governments as American puppets to be shunted aside, as well as its assertion of itself as a great power standing astride Europe rather than an unusually powerful neighbor. It also shows Russia’s ambition to no longer simply manage but outright remake the European security order.
But in seeking to domineer Europe, even if only over the question of relations to Ukraine, “There’s a risk of pushing Europe together, of amplifying more hawkish voices and capitals,” said Emma Ashford, who studies European security issues at The Atlantic Council research group. » | Max Fisher | Saturday, January 29, 2022
Italie : le président italien Sergio Mattarella réélu
LE FIGARO : Cette élection va permettre d'assurer la stabilité du tandem Mattarella-Draghi qui gère depuis un an le redressement du pays.
Le président italien Sergio Mattarella, a été réélu samedi au terme d'un marathon parlementaire qui a mis au jour les profondes divisions entre les partis au gouvernement dans une période charnière pour la reprise post-Covid. À 80 ans, le président, dont le mandat se terminait le 3 février, s'engage dans un second septennat avec 759 voix sur 983 votes exprimés, ce qui en fait le deuxième chef d'État le mieux élu, députés et responsables régionaux appelés à voter. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Valérie Segond | Publié : samedi 29 janvier 2022 ; mis à jour : dimanche 30 janvier 2022
À LIRE AUSSI :
Sergio Mattarella, la force tranquille de l’Italie : PORTRAIT - Président de la République italienne depuis 2015, ce catholique pratiquant, peu charismatique mais à l’écoute des Italiens dans l’épreuve, quitte le pouvoir alors qu’il est devenu très populaire. »
Ein Artikel aus der FAZ zu diesem Thema auf Deutsch lesen:
Sergio Mattarella als Präsident Italiens wiedergewählt: Im achten Wahlgang konnte sich Italien auf ein Staatsoberhaupt einigen: Sergio Mattarella wird abermals zum Präsidenten gewählt. Erst im Laufe des Tages hatte er sich zu einer weiteren Amtszeit bereit erklärt. »
Fünf Gründe, warum viele Deutsche auf Putins Seite stehen
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die russische Armee nimmt die Ukraine ins Visier, doch in Deutschland sind nach wie vor überraschend russlandfreundliche Töne zu vernehmen. Welche Ursachen hat die Sympathie für das Land?
Besonders auffällig war es nach der Annexion der ukrainischen Halbinsel Krim im Jahr 2014 durch Russland: Obwohl damit eindeutig Völkerrecht gebrochen wurde, verteidigten in Deutschland zahlreiche Stimmen das russische Vorgehen oder relativierten es zumindest. Auch die Kriegsverbrechen der russischen Armee in Syrien schienen der Reputation des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin bei den Deutschen nicht zu schaden. Selbiges gilt für Attentate auf politische Gegner, wie zum Beispiel der Tiergarten-Mord in Berlin.
Sympathie oder gar Bewunderung für Russland: Dieses Phänomen scheint sich in Deutschland durch alle Bildungsschichten und Altersgruppen zu ziehen. Im Osten der Republik ist es aus geografischen und historischen Gründen ausgeprägter, aber auch im tiefsten Südwesten finden sich glühende Verteidiger des russischen Präsidenten. Für diese Haltung gibt es fünf zentrale Ursachen: » | Text: Markus Ackeret, Moskau, Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, René Höltschi, Jonas Hermann, Berlin Illustrationen: Charlotte Eckstein | Sontag, 30. Januar 2022
Besonders auffällig war es nach der Annexion der ukrainischen Halbinsel Krim im Jahr 2014 durch Russland: Obwohl damit eindeutig Völkerrecht gebrochen wurde, verteidigten in Deutschland zahlreiche Stimmen das russische Vorgehen oder relativierten es zumindest. Auch die Kriegsverbrechen der russischen Armee in Syrien schienen der Reputation des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin bei den Deutschen nicht zu schaden. Selbiges gilt für Attentate auf politische Gegner, wie zum Beispiel der Tiergarten-Mord in Berlin.
Sympathie oder gar Bewunderung für Russland: Dieses Phänomen scheint sich in Deutschland durch alle Bildungsschichten und Altersgruppen zu ziehen. Im Osten der Republik ist es aus geografischen und historischen Gründen ausgeprägter, aber auch im tiefsten Südwesten finden sich glühende Verteidiger des russischen Präsidenten. Für diese Haltung gibt es fünf zentrale Ursachen: » | Text: Markus Ackeret, Moskau, Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, René Höltschi, Jonas Hermann, Berlin Illustrationen: Charlotte Eckstein | Sontag, 30. Januar 2022
60 Jahre Minirock: Die Geschichte eines Kulturkampfes in der Mode
NZZ Bellevue: Vor sechzig Jahren schnitt eine britische Designerin namens Mary Quant alte Röcke kürzer – und noch kürzer. Danach war die Modewelt nie mehr dieselbe.
Ihren ersten politischen Skandal löste die ehemalige deutsche Kanzlerin Angela Merkel mit 14 Jahren aus. Die fleissige Angela Dorothea, Mädchenname Kasner, hatte alle russischen Sprachwettbewerbe der DDR gewonnen und durfte 1969 mit dem Freundschaftszug in die Sowjetunion reisen. Dort stand Kasi, wie Freundinnen sie nannten, dann matt lächelnd vor einem Mahnmal für gefallene Soldaten – im Minirock. Die Gastgeber waren empört.
Und jetzt? UdSSR und DDR sind passé; die Frau, die 16 Jahre lang in Deutschland vorwiegend die Hosen anhatte, ist passé; Frauen empören inzwischen oben ohne – der Minirock aber wird gerade neu aufgelegt. Aber sind wir aus diesem eigenartigen Fummel und seiner Statementfunktion nicht längst herausgewachsen?
Das knappe Stück Stoff, das Ende der sechziger Jahre aus Grossbritannien zusammen mit Beatmusik, Pilzköpfen und anderen Schamlosigkeiten auch durch den Eisernen Vorhang schlüpfte, erregte weltweit die Gemüter. Mode spiegelt ja immer auch den Zeitgeist, grassierende Stimmungen, sich anbahnende Umschwünge, sie kann hochpolitisch werden. Und die steife britische Klassen- und Kleiderordnung eignete sich schon immer für gesellschaftliche und modische Revolutionen. In den Swinging Sixties wurde der Mini Mainstream und ein Politikum » | Pauline Krätzig | Samstag, 29. Januar 2022
UK Urged to Suspend ‘Golden Visas’ after Fast Tracking of Russian Millionaires
THE OBSERVER: Liberal Democrat peer accuses Home Office of ‘selling residency’
Ministers face calls this weekend to publish an investigation into how more than 700 Russian millionaires were fast-tracked for British residency via a “golden visa” scheme exposed for lax checks on illicit funds.
The government said six months ago that it was finalising its report into tier 1 investor visas granted to the super-rich from several countries, including Russia, China and Kazakhstan, because of concerns over “dirty money”. It now faces calls to suspend the golden visa programme until the review is published.
Under the scheme, launched in 2008, applicants provide a minimum investment of £2m in exchange for the right to live in Britain. They can later apply for full citizenship and a passport.
The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace has tabled an amendment to the nationality and borders bill in the House of Lords, requiring the scheme to be halted until the review is published.
He said: “It’s claimed we are a great global country, but we are behaving like Cyprus and Malta by selling residency.” » | Jon Ungoed-Thomas | Sunday, January 30, 2022
Ministers face calls this weekend to publish an investigation into how more than 700 Russian millionaires were fast-tracked for British residency via a “golden visa” scheme exposed for lax checks on illicit funds.
The government said six months ago that it was finalising its report into tier 1 investor visas granted to the super-rich from several countries, including Russia, China and Kazakhstan, because of concerns over “dirty money”. It now faces calls to suspend the golden visa programme until the review is published.
Under the scheme, launched in 2008, applicants provide a minimum investment of £2m in exchange for the right to live in Britain. They can later apply for full citizenship and a passport.
The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace has tabled an amendment to the nationality and borders bill in the House of Lords, requiring the scheme to be halted until the review is published.
He said: “It’s claimed we are a great global country, but we are behaving like Cyprus and Malta by selling residency.” » | Jon Ungoed-Thomas | Sunday, January 30, 2022
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Prospect of Soaring Interest Rates Sends Markets into Frenzy
THE TIMES: Volatility is back. Some of the world’s stock markets are oscillating violently, none more so than Wall Street. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the Dow Jones industrial average experienced intra-day swings of 1,271 points, 1,046 points and 939 points, respectively — huge movements by any normal measure.
While the trend in share prices has been sharply down since New Year’s Day, it is the erratic and wildly fluctuating nature of stock markets that has really caught the eye. » | Patrick Hosking, Financial Editor | Saturday, January 29, 2022
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While the trend in share prices has been sharply down since New Year’s Day, it is the erratic and wildly fluctuating nature of stock markets that has really caught the eye. » | Patrick Hosking, Financial Editor | Saturday, January 29, 2022
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Lionel Richie : Say You, Say Me
In the Red? Banker Put 20-year ‘Tour of Strip Joints’ on Expenses
THE TIMES: “If you’re looking for entertainment, look no further,” boasts the Volkshaus, or “People’s House”, which bills itself as home to “an eclectic mix of bands, comedy, theatre and more”. The show that opened in the prestigious Zurich venue last week fully justified the hype.
The titillating case of the banker, his company credit card and whether the £160,000 he spent on strippers was a legitimate business expense has been welcomed as the “corporate crimes trial of the decade” by the Swiss press. » | Matthew Campbell, Foreign Correspondent, The Sunday Times | Saturday, January 29, 2022
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When It Comes to Love, Age Matters Not a Jot.
Corruption, Greed, Lies and Extravagance whilst the Government Squeezes the Poor
Jan 29, 2022 • A vital report by Sue Gray which may well have led to the end of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister has now been delayed and will only be published after being redacted to remove any reference to any of the issues being investigated by the police. The police enquiry which is likely to take many months will only concern the issuance of fixed penalty fines to any of those who may have broken Covid restrictions in Downing Street.
In the meantime, the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, took 13 of her colleagues, including her photographer, to Australia using a leased plane at a cost of £500,000 instead of travelling business class on a commercial plane at a total cost of less than £100,000.
Thérèse Coffey, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed more than £200,000 in expenses for one year whilst doing everything possible to limit the amount of money paid to the very poorest in society.
There are now more than 600 civil servants earning more than the Prime Minister whose salary is £150,000. The Head of HS2 is paid £625,000 (£12,000 per week) whilst the head of Network Rail is paid £590,000. There are fifteen other employees of Netwrok Rail who earn more than £300,000 p.a which is twice the Prime Minister’s salary.
In the meantime, the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, took 13 of her colleagues, including her photographer, to Australia using a leased plane at a cost of £500,000 instead of travelling business class on a commercial plane at a total cost of less than £100,000.
Thérèse Coffey, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed more than £200,000 in expenses for one year whilst doing everything possible to limit the amount of money paid to the very poorest in society.
There are now more than 600 civil servants earning more than the Prime Minister whose salary is £150,000. The Head of HS2 is paid £625,000 (£12,000 per week) whilst the head of Network Rail is paid £590,000. There are fifteen other employees of Netwrok Rail who earn more than £300,000 p.a which is twice the Prime Minister’s salary.
Danny & Aaron | Gay Jewish Wedding at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, USA
Latter Gay Stories: Duane Jennings | Balancing Science and Spirituality
Jan 27, 2022 • From an early age, Duane Jennings felt drawn to better understanding life from two perspectives: science and spirituality. His desire for knowledge and the human understanding led him to better understand empathy and opportunity.
Shortly after returning home from his Mormon mission to South Africa, Duane realized that his life was best lived in authenticity and honesty. The author of Stumbling Blocks and Stepping-Stones [website] shares his personal story and how embracing his identity made all the difference.
Shortly after returning home from his Mormon mission to South Africa, Duane realized that his life was best lived in authenticity and honesty. The author of Stumbling Blocks and Stepping-Stones [website] shares his personal story and how embracing his identity made all the difference.
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Winter Storm Sweeping Northeast Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone,’ Weather Service Says
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The storm began to draw comparisons to the blizzard of 1978 in Boston as the city and coastal New England braced for hurricane-force winds and record snow.
A powerful winter storm that the National Weather Service classified as a “bomb cyclone” began pummeling eastern Massachusetts on Saturday after bringing snow and brisk winds to the New York City metropolitan area.
Blizzard warnings were in effect for a wide swath of the East Coast. And people across the region were bracing for a day of freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, treacherous travel conditions and the potential for widespread power failures. More than 115,000 households were without power in Massachusetts, with wider outages expected as the storm rolled in. » | Alexandra E. Petri, Troy Closson, Mike Ives | Saturday, January 29, 2022
Nor’easter lashes eastern US with snow and wind gusts near hurricane force »
A powerful winter storm that the National Weather Service classified as a “bomb cyclone” began pummeling eastern Massachusetts on Saturday after bringing snow and brisk winds to the New York City metropolitan area.
Blizzard warnings were in effect for a wide swath of the East Coast. And people across the region were bracing for a day of freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, treacherous travel conditions and the potential for widespread power failures. More than 115,000 households were without power in Massachusetts, with wider outages expected as the storm rolled in. » | Alexandra E. Petri, Troy Closson, Mike Ives | Saturday, January 29, 2022
Nor’easter lashes eastern US with snow and wind gusts near hurricane force »
Covid and the Gaping Wealth Gap: What Can Be Done to Fix It? | DW News
Cost of Living Rising in UK - BBC News
America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable, Says ADL CEO | Amanpour and Company
USA und China: Ein neuer kalter Krieg? | Mit offenen Karten | ARTE
Jan 29, 2022 • Fakten, Zahlen und Grafiken zum chinesisch-amerikanischen Wettstreit, der für das geopolitische Weltgefüge der Zukunft entscheidend sein wird. Eine Bestandsaufnahme, die zeigt, dass China kontinuierlich an Einfluss gewonnen hat und seine Machtambitionen inzwischen allumfassend geltend macht. Der Brennpunkt des Konflikts liegt ganz klar im Indopazifik ...
Seit Januar 2021 hat Chinas Staatspräsident Xi Jinping mit US-Präsident Joe Biden einen neuen Gegenspieler im Weißen Haus. Peking macht längst kein Hehl mehr daraus, dass es beim Kräftemessen der beiden Großmächte die Oberhand gewinnen will. Die Konfrontation umfasst alle Lebensbereiche: Sie ist wirtschaftlicher, militärischer, diplomatischer, kultureller und politischer Natur (Demokratie vs. Diktatur) und lässt an einen neuen Kalten Krieg denken – mit dem Unterschied, dass die Länder in der globalen Welt des 21. Jahrhunderts in vieler Hinsicht voneinander abhängig sind. „Mit offenen Karten“ präsentiert Fakten, Zahlen und Grafiken zum chinesisch-amerikanischen Wettstreit, der für das geopolitische Weltgefüge der Zukunft entscheidend sein wird. Eine Bestandsaufnahme, die zeigt, dass China kontinuierlich an Einfluss gewonnen hat und seine Machtambitionen inzwischen allumfassend geltend macht. Der Brennpunkt des Konflikts liegt ganz klar im Indopazifik, wo das Machtgerangel zu einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung um Taiwan ausarten könnte. Ob es dazu kommen wird, kann derzeit allerdings niemand sagen.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf Youtube verfügbar bis zum 23/12/2028
Seit Januar 2021 hat Chinas Staatspräsident Xi Jinping mit US-Präsident Joe Biden einen neuen Gegenspieler im Weißen Haus. Peking macht längst kein Hehl mehr daraus, dass es beim Kräftemessen der beiden Großmächte die Oberhand gewinnen will. Die Konfrontation umfasst alle Lebensbereiche: Sie ist wirtschaftlicher, militärischer, diplomatischer, kultureller und politischer Natur (Demokratie vs. Diktatur) und lässt an einen neuen Kalten Krieg denken – mit dem Unterschied, dass die Länder in der globalen Welt des 21. Jahrhunderts in vieler Hinsicht voneinander abhängig sind. „Mit offenen Karten“ präsentiert Fakten, Zahlen und Grafiken zum chinesisch-amerikanischen Wettstreit, der für das geopolitische Weltgefüge der Zukunft entscheidend sein wird. Eine Bestandsaufnahme, die zeigt, dass China kontinuierlich an Einfluss gewonnen hat und seine Machtambitionen inzwischen allumfassend geltend macht. Der Brennpunkt des Konflikts liegt ganz klar im Indopazifik, wo das Machtgerangel zu einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung um Taiwan ausarten könnte. Ob es dazu kommen wird, kann derzeit allerdings niemand sagen.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf Youtube verfügbar bis zum 23/12/2028
Co-head of Germany's AfD Quits Citing Party Drift to Extreme Right | DW News
Jan 29, 2022 • The co-chair of Germany's far-right AfD has announced he's leaving the party. Jörg Meuthen has been co-leader of the AfD since 2015. He said he was upset with the party's extreme right wing - accusing it of rejecting basic democratic principles.
He was co-head of the AfD for six and a half years, longer than anyone before him. Today he's not only resigning from office - he is leaving the AfD completely. Jörg Meuthen confirmed this in an interview with German state broadcasters, admitting he had lost the power struggle against right-wing extremists in his party.
Meuthen says factions of the party don't believe in the basic tenets of a free democracy - and that's one reason he thinks the AfD has no future, other than as a regional Eastern German party. Some accuse Meuthen of not having opposed the right-wing extremists firmly enough.
Meuthen wants to keep his mandate in the EU Parliament. But first he has to deal with the trouble caused by his alleged acceptance of illegal party donations. The EU Parliament is set to lift his immunity, clearing the way for an investigation by public prosecutors.
He was co-head of the AfD for six and a half years, longer than anyone before him. Today he's not only resigning from office - he is leaving the AfD completely. Jörg Meuthen confirmed this in an interview with German state broadcasters, admitting he had lost the power struggle against right-wing extremists in his party.
Meuthen says factions of the party don't believe in the basic tenets of a free democracy - and that's one reason he thinks the AfD has no future, other than as a regional Eastern German party. Some accuse Meuthen of not having opposed the right-wing extremists firmly enough.
Meuthen wants to keep his mandate in the EU Parliament. But first he has to deal with the trouble caused by his alleged acceptance of illegal party donations. The EU Parliament is set to lift his immunity, clearing the way for an investigation by public prosecutors.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Putin Accuses Nato of Ignoring Russia’s Concerns as Ukraine Crisis Simmers
THE GUARDIAN: Russian president’s first public comments on response to Moscow’s proposals come in readout of phone call with Macron
Vladimir Putin said the US and its Nato allies had ignored Russia’s main security concerns, but promised to continue talks with the west, in a call with Emmanuel Macron amid simmering tensions over possible war in Ukraine.
In his first public comments on US and Nato responses to Russian proposals to rewrite the post-cold war security architecture, Putin said Moscow’s concerns about the expansion of Nato and the deployment of strike weapons near its borders had not been taken into account, according to a Kremlin readout of the phone call with his French counterpart.
Macron told Putin that Russia had to respect the sovereignty of states, according to the Élysée. Putin agreed to continue talks, so there was a feeling that “things have moved”, a French presidency official said. » | Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Kim Willsher in Paris and Luke Harding in Kyiv | Friday, January 28, 2022
Russia Is Positioned to Invade All of Ukraine, U.S. Says, but Kyiv Downplays War Talk: The Russian military buildup around Ukraine is unlike anything since “the Cold War days” said Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. »
Vladimir Putin said the US and its Nato allies had ignored Russia’s main security concerns, but promised to continue talks with the west, in a call with Emmanuel Macron amid simmering tensions over possible war in Ukraine.
In his first public comments on US and Nato responses to Russian proposals to rewrite the post-cold war security architecture, Putin said Moscow’s concerns about the expansion of Nato and the deployment of strike weapons near its borders had not been taken into account, according to a Kremlin readout of the phone call with his French counterpart.
Macron told Putin that Russia had to respect the sovereignty of states, according to the Élysée. Putin agreed to continue talks, so there was a feeling that “things have moved”, a French presidency official said. » | Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Kim Willsher in Paris and Luke Harding in Kyiv | Friday, January 28, 2022
Russia Is Positioned to Invade All of Ukraine, U.S. Says, but Kyiv Downplays War Talk: The Russian military buildup around Ukraine is unlike anything since “the Cold War days” said Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. »
Le Pen Feud Deepens as French Far-right Leader’s Niece Withdraws Support
THE GUARDIAN: Marine Le Pen calls Marion Maréchal’s decision not to back presidential bid ‘brutal, violent and painful’
Marine Le Pen, who has expressed her ‘incomprehension’ of the politics behind Maréchal’s decision. Photograph: Alain Robert/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has described her niece’s decision not to support her presidential campaign as “brutal, violent and painful”.
Marion Maréchal, who dropped Le Pen from her name in 2018, said she was considering whether to transfer her allegiance to Éric Zemmour, who is even further to the right.
In an interview with Le Parisien, Maréchal, who at 22 became the youngest MP in the Assemblée Nationale in 2012, before stepping down in 2017, said her aunt’s “incessant ideological and programme changes” showed a “lack of logic and vision”.
On potentially backing Zemmour, she said: “I’m thinking about it. I haven’t decided. If I support Éric, [it] would not just be a question of passing by and saying hello. It would mean returning to politics. It’s a real life choice, a heavy decision.” » | Kim Willsher in Paris | Friday, January 28, 2022
«J'ai envie de retourner en politique» : les confidences de Marion Maréchal au Figaro : L'ancienne députée FN du Vaucluse confie que «la cohérence, la vision, la stratégie» la font pencher pour Éric Zemmour. Elle envisage de se présenter aux législatives de 2022. »
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has described her niece’s decision not to support her presidential campaign as “brutal, violent and painful”.
Marion Maréchal, who dropped Le Pen from her name in 2018, said she was considering whether to transfer her allegiance to Éric Zemmour, who is even further to the right.
In an interview with Le Parisien, Maréchal, who at 22 became the youngest MP in the Assemblée Nationale in 2012, before stepping down in 2017, said her aunt’s “incessant ideological and programme changes” showed a “lack of logic and vision”.
On potentially backing Zemmour, she said: “I’m thinking about it. I haven’t decided. If I support Éric, [it] would not just be a question of passing by and saying hello. It would mean returning to politics. It’s a real life choice, a heavy decision.” » | Kim Willsher in Paris | Friday, January 28, 2022
«J'ai envie de retourner en politique» : les confidences de Marion Maréchal au Figaro : L'ancienne députée FN du Vaucluse confie que «la cohérence, la vision, la stratégie» la font pencher pour Éric Zemmour. Elle envisage de se présenter aux législatives de 2022. »
Prinz Harry: Neue Vorwürfe
TACHLES: Der britische Prinz Harry gerät wieder einmal ins Kreuzfeuer der Kritik. Ausgerechnet von der deutsch-britischen Cellistin Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, jener Holocaust-Überlebenden, die Harrys Vater, der britische Thronfolger Prinz Charles, mit sechs anderen Überlebenden hat porträtieren lassen. Lasker-Wallfisch war Mitglied des Mädchenorchesters in Auschwitz und überlebte das Konzentrationslager. Zum Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus am 27. Januar strahlte der Sender BBC eine Dokumentation über die Porträts aus. Doch nun schiesst die 96-jährige Lasker-Wallfisch gegen Harry und sein mangelndes Geschichtsbewusstsein. … » | Nicole Dreyfus | Freitag, 28. Januar 2022
Der neue Richard Gere der Politik
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Unter den grandiosen Männern in Wirtschaft und Politik, die zurzeit die Aktualität formen, ist er ein Lichtblick: Antony Blinken, Chefdiplomat der USA.
Macht sich auch an der Gitarre gut: Antony Blinken. | Sean Gallup / Getty
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Sein Job ist es, das Gleichgewicht zu halten, und man kann sagen: Bis jetzt gelingt ihm das. Der amerikanische Aussenminister Antony Blinken traf sich vergangene Woche mit seinem russischen Amtskollegen Sergei Lawrow in Genf zu Gesprächen, er reiste nach Kiew und Berlin, bemüht darum, dass der Ukraine-Konflikt nicht weiter eskaliert. Bei all seinen Auftritten zeigte er Format, wie es sich für einen Diplomaten gehört: Er gab sich vermittelnd, umsichtig, dialogbereit, weltgewandt.
Der Mann stellt eine wohltuende Ausnahme dar unter den Lauten und Grandiosen, die gerade die Aktualität formen – unter den negativ auffallenden Männern in Wirtschaft und Politik. Deshalb will ich ihn hier beschwärmen. Naiv vielleicht, aber ich brauche in diesen lärmigen Zeiten einen Helden, in den ich etwas Hoffnung projizieren kann.
Natürlich urteile ich aus der Ferne, auch ziehe ich keine politische Bilanz der 367 Tage, die Blinken nun im Amt ist. Dennoch: Als er von Präsident Joe Biden zum Aussenminister ernannt wurde, war ich wohl nicht die einzige Frau, die dachte: Alles wird besser. Nicht nur was den politischen Stil betrifft. Mit Antony Blinken, der im April sechzig wird, reihte sich ein neuer Richard Gere in die erste Reihe im Weissen Haus ein. » | Birgit Schmid | Freitag, 28. Januar 2022
Sein Job ist es, das Gleichgewicht zu halten, und man kann sagen: Bis jetzt gelingt ihm das. Der amerikanische Aussenminister Antony Blinken traf sich vergangene Woche mit seinem russischen Amtskollegen Sergei Lawrow in Genf zu Gesprächen, er reiste nach Kiew und Berlin, bemüht darum, dass der Ukraine-Konflikt nicht weiter eskaliert. Bei all seinen Auftritten zeigte er Format, wie es sich für einen Diplomaten gehört: Er gab sich vermittelnd, umsichtig, dialogbereit, weltgewandt.
Der Mann stellt eine wohltuende Ausnahme dar unter den Lauten und Grandiosen, die gerade die Aktualität formen – unter den negativ auffallenden Männern in Wirtschaft und Politik. Deshalb will ich ihn hier beschwärmen. Naiv vielleicht, aber ich brauche in diesen lärmigen Zeiten einen Helden, in den ich etwas Hoffnung projizieren kann.
Natürlich urteile ich aus der Ferne, auch ziehe ich keine politische Bilanz der 367 Tage, die Blinken nun im Amt ist. Dennoch: Als er von Präsident Joe Biden zum Aussenminister ernannt wurde, war ich wohl nicht die einzige Frau, die dachte: Alles wird besser. Nicht nur was den politischen Stil betrifft. Mit Antony Blinken, der im April sechzig wird, reihte sich ein neuer Richard Gere in die erste Reihe im Weissen Haus ein. » | Birgit Schmid | Freitag, 28. Januar 2022
En Champagne, la filière annonce une année 2021 record
LE FIGARO : Malgré les difficultés rencontrées avec la crise sanitaire et les conditions climatiques éprouvantes en 2021, la filière Champagne enregistre une belle progression à l’export et gagne également du terrain sur le marché national. » | Par Tatiana Jean-Dorize | jeudi 27 janvier 2022
Putin Is Caught in a Trap of His Own Making
THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOSCOW — The question is on everyone’s lips. Will President Vladimir Putin go to war against Ukraine? To judge by Russia’s propaganda machine, where media moguls are predicting a victory “in 48 hours,” the answer is an emphatic yes.
Yet the truth is more complex. While Mr. Putin undoubtedly regards Ukraine as little more than a Russian province, as he argued in a lengthy pseudo-historical treatise in July, it’s far from clear his aim was war. Outright conflict — as opposed to sudden swoops, covert operations or hybrid warfare — isn’t really Mr. Putin’s style. It’s probable that the troop buildup in November was an attempt to force the West to relinquish any claims over Ukraine. That would be a great P.R. victory at minimal cost.
But the West called his bluff. In the past week especially, the United States and NATO have taken a markedly sharper tone when discussing Russia — and have, more important, sent military hardware across Eastern Europe and put troops on standby. The message is clear: If Russia won’t de-escalate, then neither will the West.
Instead of trapping the United States, Mr. Putin has trapped himself. Caught between armed conflict and a humiliating retreat, he is now seeing his room for maneuver dwindling to nothing. He could invade and risk defeat, or he could pull back and have nothing to show for his brinkmanship. What happens next is unknown. But one thing is clear: Mr. Putin’s gamble has failed. » | Yulia Latynina * | Friday, January 28, 2022
Ms. Latynina is a journalist who has reported extensively on Russia’s politics and foreign policy.
How Crypto Became the New Subprime
THE NEW YORK TIMES: If the stock market isn’t the economy — which it isn’t — then cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin really, really aren’t the economy. Still, crypto has become a pretty big asset class (and yielded huge capital gains to many buyers); by last fall the combined market value of cryptocurrencies had reached almost $3 trillion.
Since then, however, prices have crashed, wiping out around $1.3 trillion in market capitalization. As of Thursday morning, Bitcoin’s price was almost halfway down from its November peak. So who is being hurt by this crash, and what might it do to the economy?
Well, I’m seeing uncomfortable parallels with the subprime crisis of the 2000s. No, crypto doesn’t threaten the financial system — the numbers aren’t big enough to do that. But there’s growing evidence that the risks of crypto are falling disproportionately on people who don’t know what they are getting into and are poorly positioned to handle the downside. » | Paul Krugman, Opinion Columnist | Thursday, January 27, 2022
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