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I don't want Europe to buy oil from Russia. Just a year ago, Trump lashed out at Europe: "I don't want Europe to buy oil from Russia." And today: Trump expresses himself "happy" about his diesel deal with the Kremlin, which could flow 6 billion euros into Moscow's war chest. It's time for a new president in Ukraine. Trump then blamed Zelensky for the high prices at the US gas station and bluntly declared: "It's time for a new president in Ukraine." Then on Sunday afternoon came the surprise: Trump announced on his platform Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate "energy weapons ceasefire." #Trump #Russland #DieselDeal (translated)

Gifi appointed Patrick Puy, former leader of Moulinex-Brandt and Go Sport, as the new chairman of the management board for the fourth time in two years, aiming to turn around the struggling company after structural issues and increased competition. #Gifi #transformationentreprise #direction (translated)

The toxic reception of Manchester City at Anfield, where Liverpool supporters expressed their anger over the club's recent financial scandal, marks a dark new reality for the team, which is now seen as the pariah of English football. #ManchesterCity #Liverpool #financieelfraude (translated)

Alex Vanopslagh wrote that Liberal Alliance's Mads Strange had asked a person who described himself as a conservative Muslim in the TV 2 program Højskolen on Wednesday if it was a problem that only 16 percent of Muslim men in Denmark believed that homosexuality was acceptable. According to Vanopslagh, the person rejected that it was a problem and would not answer what he personally thought about homosexuality. Vanopslagh wrote that he disagreed and considered homophobia to be among the least Danish things. He believed that Muslims could be Danish if they supported the fundamental values of democracy and had embraced Denmark. As a member of parliament, he claimed to have both the right and the duty to establish the requirements for Danish citizenship. He wrote that applicants should at a minimum acknowledge the precedence of Danish law over religious laws, an individual's right to make choices about his life, and equal rights for homosexuals. They should also not support Islamist regimes or terrorist movements. Therefore, Liberal Alliance would screen applicants and say no to individuals who had praised terrorism, supported Hamas or similar organizations, threatened people who left Islam, or acted hostile towards homosexuals, he wrote. Vanopslagh wrote that the government would reintroduce a bill on citizenship for 2,055 individuals. He referred to the government's own statement that applicants' values should be screened, but that the screening should not apply to the 2,055 individuals. According to him, this risked allowing Islamists, rabid anti-Semites, or anti-democrats to gain citizenship. Liberal Alliance would not vote for more citizenships until the screening was in place, Vanopslagh wrote. He described Danish citizenship as a gift rather than a right. #Danmark #Statsborgerskab #LiberalAlliance (translated)

Ola Kallqvist wrote that Europe was beginning to realize that prosperity was not a given. According to him, political ambitions over several decades had been based on the assumption that money would always be available, while the world was fundamentally changing. He warned that a combination of economic and political mistakes risked having serious consequences and described his thread as frightening reading. https://t.co/7jaLO9ODI9 #Europa #Ekonomi #Politik (translated)

Christa Pike, the first person to survive an execution by lethal injection, is facing the possibility of a new death sentence as legal and health questions regarding the consequences of her failed execution need to be clarified. #ChristaPike #Todesstrafe #Gesundheitszustand (translated)

Christer Sfeir wrote about his visit to Pézenas in southern France and described the Hôtel de Flottes de Sébasan, a stone house from the 16th century. According to local tradition, Anna of Austria, the queen of France and mother of Louis XIV, had stayed there during a visit, he wrote. Sfeir recounted that Anna was a Spanish princess who married Louis XIII in 1615 when she was 14 years old. After 23 years without children, she gave birth to her son Louis in 1638. When the king died five years later, the then four-year-old son became king and Anna regent. Sfeir wrote that the royal family was forced to flee Paris during the Fronde and that the rebellion later contributed to Louis XIV's decision to centralize power around himself. He also mentioned Molière's stay in Pézenas during the 1650s with his theater company, which received patronage from the Prince of Conti. Sfeir wrote that Molière encountered people and environments there that later became subjects of his satire. According to Sfeir, Louis XIV visited the city in 1660 and took over the reins of power the following year. He concluded by stating that the house still stood, despite the monarchy and its power struggles being part of history. #Pézenas #historia #Molière (translated)

Chemist Jacob de Boer advocates in his book Poison for stricter oversight of chemical substances, as currently a new substance is developed every two seconds without sufficient prior testing, leading to potential health risks for consumers. #chemische_stoffen #milieu #toxische_stoffen (translated)