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Patrick Berger wrote that Marcel Regula is still a topic at Borussia Dortmund. According to information from Sky, there was a meeting last Thursday in Dortmund with Regula's advisors, as well as Ole Book and David Blacha. After the failed summer transfer, Dortmund has kept in close contact with Regula and, according to Berger, believes he could follow a similar path as Łukasz Piszczek. A potential transfer in winter also depends on departures like that of Reggiani. The transfer is currently more likely in the summer. Regula wants to take the next step, while Zaglebie Lubin, according to Berger, is demanding around 7 to 8 million euros for the Polish new national player. #BVB #Transfermarkt #Bundesliga (translated)

The new tariff regulation of E-Control leads to higher costs for consumers who consume a lot of electricity, while there are supposed to be discounts for winter electricity to distribute costs more fairly and according to who causes them. #Stromtarife #Energieeinsparung #Tarifreform (translated)

BrennpunktUA reported that the attempt to pressure the Chancellor during the CDU retreat on Ukraine policy has failed. Information about the plan had been leaked in many places beforehand, so they were prepared for it. Their own contribution was supposed to play a small role in this. Citing a Union source, BrennpunktUA wrote that Markus Söder publicly blamed the CDU state leaders from East Germany during Miosga's broadcast, although his internal stance had been questionable beforehand. BrennpunktUA described Michael Kretschmer’s public statement as an aftereffect of the failed uprising on this issue. Additionally, BrennpunktUA thanked those who shared and commented on their contribution from October 7. This may have been noticed in some CDU circles. BrennpunktUA emphasized that this does not claim decisive influence, but wrote that a social media community can collectively make a small contribution to influence developments. #Ukraine #CDU #Politik (translated)

DWUKADENCYJNOŚĆ WŁODARZY - TAK, PARLAMENTARZYSTÓW - NIE Ograniczenie liczby kadencji to legislacyjna ingerencja w demokrację. Sens wprowadzenia tych ograniczeń wynika z przekonania, że zwykłe mechanizmy wyborcze nie działają dostateczne skutecznie. W odniesieniu do funkcji wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast mamy do czynienia z bezprecedensową kumulacją władzy. Każdy kto zdążył się zorientować jak działają polskie gminy i miasta, bez trudu zauważył, że społeczna kontrola nad działaniami lokalnego organu wykonawczego jest iluzoryczna. Że rady, które teoretycznie miały być nadrzędnym organem, w praktyce są reaktywne i bardzo często ubezwłasnowolnione. Taka nierównowaga władzy powoduje, że wójt, burmistrz, czy prezydent ma wszelkie możliwości manipulowania opinią publiczną. Ma uprzywilejowaną pozycję w przekazywaniu informacji. Może uzależniać od siebie znaczące grupy wyborców. Krótko mówiąc, proces wyborczy nie jest w pełni demokratyczny. Wymaga to więc legislacyjnej ingerencji, by zwiększyć szanse wpływu wyborców na zarządzanie wspólnymi sprawami. Takiego zakresu kumulacji władzy nie obserwujemy w żadnej ze struktur polskiego państwa. Mamy oczywiście do czynienia z wieloletnim okupowaniem tych samych pozycji przez różne osoby, co budzi irytację wielu obywateli. Nie ma jednak przesłanek do twierdzenia, że przepisy i procedury zaburzają tu wolność procesu wyborczego. Możliwości radnych, czy parlamentarzystów do manipulowania opinią publiczną są bardzo ograniczone, a w żaden sposób nie porównywalne do uprawnień „włodarzy” polskich miast i gmin. Wyborcy nie mogą się skarżyć, że winę, za nieakceptowany przez nich stan rzeczy ponosi ktoś inny, niż oni sami. Legislatorzy powinni zaś skupić się nad większą demokratyzacją procesu wyborczego, nad rzetelnością informacji, nad większą reprezentatywnością ordynacji wyborczej itp.

Bart Van Opstal wrote that Filip De Winter was attacked according to him, while a journalist from HLN is said to have written that De Winter attacked himself. He asked why journalists could not be honest and said that he had investigated the matter. Van Opstal urged readers to share the message, because according to him everyone should know that journalists were not honest, and to follow the page for a new piece of trivia daily. #Journalistiek #Eerlijkheid #FilipDeWinter (translated)

It is now time to take responsibility and implement it (the reform) as agreed by the end of the year. For this, a draft from the Ministry of Labor is urgently needed that implements the recommendations of the commission. October 4: CDU politician Johannes Winkel also demands speed regarding pensions. #BärbelBas #SPD #CDU (translated)

Miguel Ángel Durán stated that xtool allowed the development of applications for iOS from Windows or Linux, without using macOS. As he wrote, the tool allowed signing, installing, and opening applications on an iPhone, as well as accessing an Apple Developer account, and was open source. https://t.co/or4czgcNiR https://t.co/m9uEkChZV8 #iOSDevelopment #OpenSource #WindowsDevelopment (translated)

Albert Heijn stores in the Netherlands are experiencing difficulties due to a cyber incident, resulting in customers having to pay the full price for products, and they are advised to keep their receipt for potential refund of discounts. #AlbertHeijn #cybersecurity #prijskaartjes (translated)

Nadka wrote that the RTV contribution should not be abolished, but rather that people should decide for themselves whether they will pay it and whether they will watch the program. According to her, for 50 percent of those who are in favor, this would then amount to 30 euros per month. She added that in the end, everyone would be satisfied. #RTV #mediji #javnost (translated)

Tim Coronel wrote that Max Verstappen had won the Singapore Grand Prix, his second victory in a row. He noted that Verstappen was 119 points behind with six races to go and said that his house was still "hanging by a thread." Coronel asked if it was still salvageable. #F1 #SingaporeGP https://t.co/B3CBiQApJM #F1 #MaxVerstappen #SingaporeGP (translated)

A secret Russian document reveals that Russia plans to terrorize Ukraine through targeted attacks on its energy infrastructure with drones and rockets, in order to isolate the civilian population without electricity and heat during the winter months. #Putin #Ukraine #Kriegsverbrechen (translated)

Dr. Bernd Baumann interpreted Bärbel Bas's resignation as possibly strategically prepared. He wrote that the successor in the ministry was almost immediately ready, which indicates a decision previously coordinated within the party committees. He described this person as an opponent of Friedrich Merz's reform attempts and as a proponent of more social solutions. Baumann also referred to Bas's attacks on the Union following her resignation and pointed out that Manuela Schwesig simultaneously positioned herself with sharp criticism of the CDU at the federal level. In his view, the SPD is preparing for a break in the coalition and an early federal election campaign aimed at a confrontation between a red-green left-wing alliance and the AfD. Baumann wrote that the Merz Union could be crushed in such a camp election at the federal level. At the same time, he saw this as an opportunity for the CDU: If the SPD were to leave the coalition, Merz could declare that the Union must now move forward and push through necessary reforms. The CDU could introduce laws in the Bundestag and, as Baumann put it, shake off the "leftist embrace" of the coalition and firewall. Baumann considered it possible that even CDU leaders were informed about the actions. Overall, he assessed the development as a strategic maneuver that opened up new options for action for both the SPD and the CDU. #Politik #Bundestag #SPD (translated)

Zelenskyy stated that Russia had responded to Trump’s energy truce with a targeted strike on a power plant in Kharkiv. According to the President, Russia was daily attacking Ukrainian energy and other infrastructure in an attempt to weaponize winter, and Ukraine would respond to such strikes.