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The Irish EU budget proposal for the years 2028 to 2034, amounting to €1.622 trillion, faces broad rejection from net payer states and net recipients, and the negotiations planned in the European Council promise no agreement on the contentious financial issues. #EUBudget #IrischerRatsvorsitz #Finanzrahmen (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

Marc Felix Serrao wrote that the CDU could be crushed if it clings to the fire wall: between the AfD and a coalition of dark red, red, and green. With values below 20 percent and the prospect of a coalition with at least two left-wing partners, there remains hardly any promise to voters from his perspective – unless it becomes "not quite so left." #CDU #Politik #Wahlen (translated)

Ahmad Mansour wrote that Berlin shows a loss of the social compass. Three years after October 7, which he described as the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, only a few hundred people had gathered at Bebelplatz – in a city with nearly four million residents. He reminded that books were burned there in 1933. Mansour criticized that the promise of "Never again" had become a ritual while the memory fades. At the same time, there are negotiations to bring people to power who have made Berlin unsafe for Jews, he wrote, calling this indifference. A society measures itself by who stands alongside Jews on such an evening – and who is missing, he added. #7Oktober #NieWieder #Gedenken #Berlin (translated)

"We will fight to the utmost for every job, for every business, for every company, for every factory." EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic made a promise months ago that is likely to become important during his upcoming visit to Beijing: "We will fight to the utmost for every job, for every business, for every company, for every factory," he told the television channel Euronews. #Handelsdefizit #EUChina #Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (translated)

Nicole Höchst wrote that Black-Red-Gold provides everyone with a common flag under which they could unite despite their differences; no additional flags are necessary. The colors stand for unity, justice, and freedom, and are at the same time a promise and a mandate. She stated that she loves her homeland and wants children to grow up there safely and freely and have a promising future. Standing up for this is worthwhile, she wrote. The image has been edited with ChatGPT. #Deutschlandsflagge #Einigkeit #Heimatliebe (translated)

The election in Brazil today decides on the possible comeback of the Bolsonaros, led by Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro, who wants to run with a conservative program and the promise of law and order. #Brasilien #Bolsonaro #Wahlen (translated)

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote that German unity shows what brave people can achieve. He described it as a promise and responsibility and said that Germany must be held together, freedom preserved, and prosperity secured for future generations in a united country. https://t.co/DPmRvYmWq3 #DeutscheEinheit #Freiheit #Wohlstand (translated)

The article examines the growing concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) is actually eliminating jobs, despite previous promises that it would only change existing jobs and increase efficiency, and places the current waves of layoffs from prominent companies in the context of this debate. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Arbeitsmarkt #Jobverlust (translated)

DBerber criticized that Russian trolls were spreading the claim of NATO's eastward expansion under his posts every day. He called it a lie and claimed that Mikhail Gorbachev had clarified that there had been no contractual promises against NATO expansion. The Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Yasov had also admitted that such guarantees had never been discussed, DBerber wrote. He accused the trolls of repeating Putin's propaganda and urged them to present arguments or leave his timeline. He wished his other followers a relaxing weekend and wrote that he would spend the time with friends and his Ukrainian husband. #FaktenStattPropaganda #Wochenende #SchlussMitDenLügen #FaktenStattPropaganda #Wochenende #SchlussMitDenLügen (translated)

Merz, according to former President Gauck, should not resign, otherwise he would be a "political fool." An exit would destroy the remaining trust. Wrong. The trust is dead. Merz has taken care of it himself: broken promises, sold voters, did not end Merkel, but... https://t.co/B48IsMBKWc #Politik #Vertrauen #Merz #DE (translated)

entered with the promise to lower taxes. entered with the promise of "no new taxes". entered with the promise to tax the rich. Result: A new mass tax with over 44% levy rate and 3.2% inflation. #Steuern #Inflation #Wirtschaft (translated)