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The driving force behind it is primarily Russia. Covert attacks by Russia against Germany and other European states would "increase in intensity, speed, and range," stated Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution President Sinan Selen. #Russland #Schattenkrieg #Hybridkrieg (translated)

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warns of the growing influence of hybrid attacks by Russia on Germany and calls for a swift expansion of the powers of German intelligence agencies to counter the "shadow war" of the 21st century. #Russland #Schattenkrieg #Hybridkrieg (translated)

BrennpunktUA referred to the new Minister of Labor of Germany as an expression of a "cold neoliberal spirit" and questioned whether such a thing can even be recognized given a state share of over 52 percent. The account expressed a premonition of which direction the SPD in the federal government would move. https://t.co/wwo6JW4Lxl #Deutschland #Politik #SPD (translated)

The author wrote that today's government press conference dealt with questions about Trump, diesel reserves, and Russia, which he described as naive. Other topics included Bärbel Bas's resignation and Merz's displeasure with her, a Houthi attack on the airport in Riyadh, and possible war crimes, as well as, in his view, false statements by Reich regarding heat pumps and gas storage. https://t.co/TjtomL6qrg https://t.co/PS2n9PnsV2 #Politik #Deutschland #Nachrichten #DE #US #RU #YE #SA (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)

The author of the article wrote that the court reporter and author Gisela Friedrichsen expressed serious doubts about the legality of the detention measures against Prince Reuß in connection with the Reichsbürger trial. He pointed out that she had worked as a court reporter for 27 years. #Reichsbürger #Gerichtsreporterin #Deutschland #DE (translated)

Gr@ntlɘr asked whether the SPD was using Bas's resignation from the left bloc as a frontal attack on the CDU and CSU. The author suspected that this could serve as preparation for a coalition election campaign aimed at bringing R2G with Schwesig to power in Germany. https://t.co/n7ouxhazk6 #SPD #CDU #Politik (translated)

Daniele Ganser wrote that Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9, 2026, and agreed with him on extensive diesel deliveries. Russia is supposed to provide more than 300,000 tons of diesel for the world market and the USA in October, and an additional 500,000 tons in November. Ganser interpreted this as the lifting of US sanctions against Russian diesel. Ganser cited Trump's domestic political pressure due to high diesel prices before the congressional elections on November 3, 2026, as the reason for the move. The economic war of the USA and the EU had not forced Russia to its knees, he wrote. Instead, the populations in the USA and the EU were suffering from high energy prices because they had cut themselves off from Russian oil and gas. Ganser advocated for Germany to end the economic war against Russia, to resume imports of Russian natural gas and oil, and to repair the Nord Stream pipelines. Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not want this and continues to beat the war drums, while high energy prices heavily burden Germany, Ganser wrote. #Wirtschaftskrieg #Energiekrise #Russland (translated)

Marc Friedrich wrote that Germany has stagnated for seven years and is in the worst structural crisis since 1949. According to his account, only the public sector is growing, which already accounts for 52 percent. While 600,000 industrial jobs have been lost, nearly 700,000 have been added in the state-related sector. #Deutschland #Wirtschaft #Strukturkrise (translated)

_horizont_ wrote that Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) should become the new Minister of Labor after Bärbel Bas's resignation, calling it pathetic. Schweitzer considers a ban on the AfD to be conceivable and deemed a vaccination mandate necessary. https://t.co/GvfDLbOHSN #Politik #Deutschland #SPD (translated)

The author wrote that Germany must actively work towards a ceasefire in Ukraine. While the US president is making deals everywhere, Germany is merely holding up a flag, he criticized. This cannot continue; a different approach is needed, he stated. https://t.co/tsAnTLOFiI #Frieden #Ukraine #Politik #DE #UA #US (translated)

Bas resigns as Minister of Labor and SPD leader, while Chancellor Merz wants to present the results of the discussions on the future course of the CDU after the state elections and EU foreign ministers discuss the situation in Ukraine in Luxembourg. #Politik #Deutschland #Ukraine (translated)

Bernd Kaiser expressed his condolences to Bärbel Bas on the death of her stepdaughter but accused her of politically exploiting the tragedy. He wrote that Bas is resigning from her position as Federal Minister of Labor and the presidency of the SPD party but is keeping her Bundestag mandate. Kaiser criticized that Bas would therefore continue to receive a salary and additionally statutory transitional pay: the full ministerial salary for three months and then half for up to two years. He compared this to the regulations for employees: those who lose a stepchild have no right to statutory special leave; in the public sector, there are two days off for the death of direct relatives. He claimed that Bas did not change this regulation during her time in office. Kaiser accused Bas of evading political responsibility by referring to grief and public attacks while the costs would be borne by taxpayers. #BärbelBas #SPD #Doppelmoral #BärbelBas #SPD #Politik (translated)