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The political conflict in Vienna is escalating as the FPÖ and the Greens are intensifying attacks on the SPÖ, while the latter increasingly defends itself and emphasizes its achievements in housing policy to secure its position in the upcoming election campaign. #WienerPolitik #SPÖ #FPÖ (translated)

"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)

The article describes how the far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now serves as Minister of Police, is influencing the political agenda and changing the political landscape in favor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with radical positions and provocations in the current Israeli election campaign. #BenGvir #IsraelWahl2026 #Rechtsextremismus (translated)

TheAntiGreen wrote that shortly before the mayoral election, it initially appeared that CDU candidate Baris Karabacak had become a victim of a xenophobic attack: a car window had been broken and a xenophobic message had been left on a campaign flyer. Now the public prosecutor's office is investigating Karabacak himself. https://t.co/wEXcfbqJhm #Bürgermeisterwahl #Rassismus #Polizei (translated)

Coxx alleged that Baris Karabacak (CDU), a Turkish-born mayoral candidate in Uetersen (Schleswig-Holstein), fabricated a racist attack against himself. Just before the mayoral election at the end of September 2026, the windows of his car had been smashed; under the windshield wiper, there was a campaign flyer with an anti-foreigner message. Karabacak subsequently portrayed himself as a victim of a racist or xenophobic attack. The police and the state protection service initially investigated for incitement to hatred, wrote Coxx. #Bürgermeisterwahl #Rassismus #Politik (translated)

"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from obliteration." US President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition almost brought Germany to the brink of disaster. #Trump #Energiewende #Wahlkampf (translated)

Donald Trump claimed in a campaign speech that Germany was "two days away from annihilation" due to the energy transition and criticized countries with green energy as bankrupt, while also threatening tariffs against France and making insulting comments about a Muslim politician. #Trump #Energiewende #Wahlkampf (translated)

Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that Germany was "two days away from extinction" due to the energy transition, while simultaneously making threats against French pharmaceutical companies and derogatory remarks about a Muslim politician. #Trump #Energiewende #Wahlen (translated)

Regina Laska criticized that Michail Swintschuk, despite his inclusion on the EU sanctions list in June 2023, apparently managed to travel from Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Bosnian media, the founder of the Russian propaganda channel Rybar flew from Memmingen Airport to Sarajevo on October 2. The Bosnian portal Detector reported that he had been arrested a few days later in Montenegro and expelled for reasons of national security. During the arrest, the police seized high-resolution cameras, a drone, and several cell phones; it was unclear whether Swintschuk had these with him in Memmingen. Laska pointed out that, according to her account, Swintschuk is subject to an EU entry ban and is not allowed to enter or transit EU territory. Since a flight from Memmingen to Sarajevo leads over a Schengen external border, she asked how Swintschuk got to Germany, who issued him a visa, and whether his sanctioning had been recognized upon departure. According to Laska, there has been no confirmation of the trip by German authorities so far. She contrasted border controls at Memmingen Airport with those ordered by Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) at the Austrian border. There, small cars are searched for refugees, whereas Swintschuk, according to her account, departed from the airport. She also pointed out that the Bavarian border police, which conducts checks at the airport, was established in 2018 by Markus Söder. Laska expressed outrage over what Russian nationals are still allowed to do in Germany and ironically asked whether RT chief Margarita Simonjan could soon book a wellness vacation in Garmisch. #EUSanktionen #Russland #Einreiseverbot (translated)

Paul Ronzheimer reported that there was once again air defense in the center of Kyiv. Zelensky's advisors were shocked and speechless in light of the news from Washington: Trump is demanding a new president for Ukraine after the diesel deal with Putin. A close advisor of Zelensky told him that they had expected to come into focus again during the Midterm election campaign, but did not anticipate this development. According to Ronzheimer, there were numerous phone calls with European partners. The greatest concern was that Trump could actually end the intelligence cooperation. The US president is calling for an end to Ukrainian attacks on oil and gas facilities. #Ukraine #Kyiv #Trump (translated)

BrennpunktUA reported that Trump is apparently getting a Russian tanker full of diesel for his midterm election campaign. The tanker left St. Petersburg for the USA on September 22, which suggests that the agreement with Putin was not spontaneous. This clarifies what Witkoff and Kushner actually did in Moscow, BrennpunktUA added. #Trump #Putin #Wahlkampf (translated)

"We have been silent for two or three years, that can no longer continue. The approach of 'CDU pure' has failed," says CDU Vice Karin Prien to the news agency Reuters, referring to the so-called Merz-CDU, which dominated the election campaign and the first year of the black-red federal government with its course. #CDU #FriedrichMerz #Wahlen (translated)

Since BMW apparently cares little about democracy, I will drive in December with the one who has faithfully accompanied me through the election campaign to the State Chancellery. AfD faction leader Ulrich Siegmund (35) stated that he wants to switch to the cult moped Simson out of solidarity. #AfD #ElonMusk #Dienstwagen (translated)

Andreas Babler was the chairman of the SPÖ from 2023 to 2026, rhetorically led the party to the left, but despite his energetic campaigns, he could not win the election in 2024 and remains in the public's memory a controversial figure of his short but significant term. #AndreasBabler #SPÖ #Politik (translated)

Donald Trump is upset about his renewed defeat in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, which went in 2026 to the South African jurist Navanethem Pillay, and complained during a campaign event in New York about the decision and the alleged discrediting of the Nobel Prize by "radical ideologues." #Trump #Nobelpreis #Politik (translated)

Serbian students are risking a bicycle marathon against Aleksandar Vucic in the upcoming election campaign to demand improvements in education, the rule of law, and a clear EU perspective, after protests two years ago initiated the movement. #Serbien #Wahlen2026 #Studentenproteste (translated)