Apollo News reported that Suraj Mailitafi had been nominated for the state-funded German Engagement Prize despite his role as a spokesperson for opposition during the partially violent protests against the AfD party convention in Erfurt. After an inquiry from the media, he has now faced the threat of exclusion from the competition. https://t.co/OpMJSRwlqB #Protest #AfD #Engagementpreis (translated)
Apollo News reported that nine ministers from union-led agricultural departments had called for the complete abandonment of the planned sugar tax. Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther had previously advocated for the levy several times but failed with his demand at a CDU party conference. https://t.co/Q3MiXCHp8G #Zuckersteuer #Agrarpolitik #CDU (translated)
"He is a vegan in Texas, and as a vegan in Texas, you won't get elected." Talarico used this message when Republicans accused him of being meatless. "He is a vegan in Texas, and as a vegan in Texas, you won't get elected," Trump said. At the party convention in August, Trump called Paxton the "best Attorney General in the United States." Paxton and Trump referred to the impeachment proceedings at the time as a "politically motivated hoax," while other Republicans mourned a decline in values within the party. #Talarico2026 #TexasWahlen #Demokraten (translated)
The Greens in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern voted at a small party congress in favor of coalition negotiations with the SPD and the Left, so that talks for the formation of a red-red-green state government can begin on Monday. #Koalitionsverhandlungen #MecklenburgVorpommern #Grüne (translated)
And CSU Vice Manfred Weber (54) recently exerted pressure: He demands an agreement within the coalition before the CSU party conference at the end of October. #Bundespräsidentin #IlseAigner #Frauenpower (translated)
The current column by Anneliese Rohrer highlights the SPÖ's fear of internal contests and criticizes the hypocrisy within the party, which is not protected from the overthrow of its leaders despite high approval at party conferences. #SPÖ #Parteien #Demokratie (translated)
The new SPÖ duo Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Philip Kucher emphasize the necessity of ending internal disputes at their first press conference and aim to present Markus Marterbauer as the only candidate for the party leadership at an extraordinary party congress in 2027. #SPÖ #Parteispitze #Einigkeit (translated)
The goal is moving towards unity. One wants a person behind whom everyone gathers. Holzleitner is visibly hopeful that this will be the case again. #SPÖ #Parteitag #Einigkeit (translated)
Whatever Marterbauer intends to do, he will decide, said Kucher. #SPÖ #Parteitag #Einigkeit (translated)
The transitional chairpersons of the SPÖ, Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Philip Kucher, hope for a single candidate for the party chairmanship, which is to be elected at a party conference in the spring, while a change in the party statutes is not planned for the time being. #SPÖ #Parteitag #Einigkeit (translated)
"Our task is to shape the coming months, bring people together, and create the conditions for a good decision at the party congress." In the letter from Kucher and Holzleitner, it was reiterated that they will not be running at the extraordinary federal party congress next spring: "Our task is to shape the coming months, bring people together, and create the conditions for a good decision at the party congress." #SPÖ #AndreasBabler #Regierungsarbeit (translated)
"Our task is to shape the coming months, bring together, and create the conditions for a good decision at the party congress." In the letter from Kucher and Holzleitner, it was stated again that they will not run for the extraordinary federal party congress next spring: "Our task is to shape the coming months, bring together, and create the conditions for a good decision at the party congress." #SPÖ #AndreasBabler #Regierungsarbeit (translated)
The SPÖ has reached a preliminary agreement in which party leader and Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler will gradually step down from his positions, while Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer is slated to become the next Vice Chancellor, with a final succession plan to be decided at a party convention in spring 2027. #SPÖ #AndreasBabler #Parteivorsitz (translated)
Bernhard Heinzlmaier wrote that rumors about a replacement for Andreas Babler intensified. From Monday, Philip Kucher and Eva-Maria Holzleitner were to lead the SPÖ affairs as a dual leadership, while Babler was to remain party leader and vice-chancellor until the end of the year. Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer was to become vice-chancellor starting in January; a party congress was planned for March. Heinzlmaier stated that he had expected a dual leadership modeled after the SPD. He criticized the planned leadership as hopeless and wrote that the two young, but in his view already deeply rooted in the party bureaucracy, officials could not get the SPÖ back on track. Additionally, he described them derogatorily as a male-female duo in the manner of a traditional costume couple. #SPÖ #Politik #Österreich (translated)
Apollo News wrote that the minority government in Thuringia, led by the CDU, wants to meet weekly with the Left Party in the future to find majorities. At the same time, according to a party conference resolution, the CDU rules out a formal form of cooperation with the Left Party. https://t.co/GTdKRMD5jH #Thüringen #Politik #CDU (translated)
"I am on the ballot." Even at the party convention in Dallas, Trump repeated time and again: "I am on the ballot." #Zwischenwahlen #Republikaner #Trump (translated)
Anna Schneider wrote that, according to a proposal for the FDP party congress, majorities with the AfD should be possible. This shakes the fire wall, while the proposal also includes 13 pages of bureaucratic details. Schneider opined that the FDP is similarly tense as others, even though it could actually be free. https://t.co/hEiH15dlfU #FDP #Politik #AfD (translated)
Andy Burnham, the British Prime Minister, gave an emotional speech at the Labour Party conference, in which he remembered his late father, invoked solidarity, and criticized the negative effects of Brexit on the UK, while not ruling out a possible return of the country to the EU. #AndyBurnham #LabourPartei #Solidarität (translated)
Today, the expert hearing on the AfD prohibition procedure is taking place in the Thuringian state parliament. Yesterday, I commented on this at the state press conference. The fact that Katja Wolf also considers a ban to be conceivable says a lot about her: running away before her own party conference, founding a party that has never been elected, and still wanting to continue governing has nothing to do with competence. If Ms. Wolf wants to be honest, she should agree to our motion for the dissolution of the state parliament and face the voters. Link to yesterday's press conference: https://t.co/B8vF8akAlf #AfD #nurnochafd #afdfraktion #deshalbafd #afdthüringen #landespressekonferenz #afdverbot #thüringerlandtag https://t.co/B8vF8akAlf #AfD #nurnochafd #afdfraktion #deshalbafd #afdthüringen #landespressekonferenz #afdverbot #thüringerlandtag #AfD #ThüringerLandtag #Pressekonferenz (translated)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated in his first party conference speech as Labour leader that Brexit has caused more harm than good for the UK and he does not rule out a return to the EU while he wants to explore options for future relations with the European Union. #Brexit #EU #LabourParty (translated)
