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Merit Wager wrote that Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen had said that Finland should not accept traditions, cultures, or customs that limited girls' freedom. According to the Swedish translation that Wager shared, Valtonen believed that girls and women should be able to decide over their own lives, and that religious or cultural norms should not be used to restrict their freedom. Wager also recounted Valtonen's statement that the National Coalition Party wanted to ban face-covering garments, such as the burqa and niqab, in schools and other educational institutions. Valtonen had said that the government led by the National Coalition Party had strengthened the rights of girls and women by more clearly criminalizing forced marriages and female genital mutilation. She had described female genital mutilation as violence and said that every girl had the right to bodily integrity. According to Wager's account, Valtonen also emphasized that equality, individual freedom, and human rights should not be overridden by references to religion, culture, or tradition. Every girl should have the right to be seen, heard, dream, and shape her future based on her own desires, she had said. #Jämställdhet #MänskligaRättigheter #KvinnorsRättigheter (translated)

José Manuel Holgado, the last director of the Civil Guard under the PP government, defended in court his decision to shelve the 'Cuarteles case', despite reports indicating irregularities in the awarding of contracts, arguing that he only saw administrative malpractice and no signs of a crime. #Corrupción #GuardiaCivil #CasoCuarteles (translated)

Miss Eve criticized BMW over reports that the car manufacturer withdrew its leasing offer for the new President of the Saxony-Anhalt Parliament on the day of his election. If this is true, the question arises as to whether BMW makes business decisions dependent on the party affiliation of an officeholder, she wrote. She argued that for a company car funded by public means, efficiency and the requirements of the office should count. At the same time, she accused BMW of possibly applying political criteria in selecting customers and warned that these could choose other manufacturers. Miss Eve wrote that she drives a BMW 430i M Sport Coupe, but her leasing contract will soon expire. She could then choose another brand. In the event that BMW excludes customers because of their political views, she noted there are 60.5 million eligible voters in Germany, 30.5 percent potential AfD voters, and 18.5 million disgruntled customers. #BMW #Automobilindustrie #Kundenservice (translated)

The article discusses that the annual letters from the state to the municipalities, which assess their financial situation, have practically lost relevance, as since the change in budgeting in 2020, the budget potential is considered the decisive key figure. #Kommunalfinanzen #Stockerau #Haushaltsführung (translated)

The Bundestag has decided to review the application of non-invasive prenatal blood tests for Down syndrome and calls on the federal government to conduct monitoring in order to obtain more data on the practice and its legal and ethical foundations. #Bluttest #DownSyndrom #Prädiagnostik (translated)

Federal Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) plans to reform and reduce the extensive reporting obligations for companies in order to reduce bureaucracy and make the transparent fulfillment of sustainability requirements more practical. #Berichtspflichten #Bürokratieabbau #Nachhaltigkeit (translated)

Wolfgang Kubicki wrote that the day provides an opportunity to think about how societal division can be prevented. He regarded polarization and accusations of fascism against the CDU as dangerous. In his assessment, a constitutional crisis in Saxony-Anhalt, should the factions block each other on candidates, would not have been a good alternative. Everyone is called upon to deal with the election results maturely. This also applies to the AfD and the new parliamentary president, who has announced an impartial conduct of office, Kubicki wrote. This already arises from constitutional law and practice; the president will be judged accordingly, if necessary, in court. Kubicki accused the SPD of slipping into reflexes from the 2025 federal election campaign. In the end, this only benefits the political fringes, as it did before. #Gesellschaft #Politik #Wahlen (translated)

Apollo News wrote that an investigation revealed that in many German foreigner authorities, decisions about residence rights and sometimes even about naturalizations are made by foreigners. The media criticized that a state that allows this in sovereign matters does not take itself seriously. https://t.co/ldIgoaVyV9 #Aufenthaltsrecht #Einbürgerung #Deutschland (translated)

Christian Miele listed twelve challenges that Germany must overcome, in his opinion. Electricity and labor are expensive for companies: employers pay an average of around 45 euros per work hour, about 29 percent more than in the EU. In addition, high network fees and levies have increased energy costs; Germany exited nuclear power before sufficiently cheap and reliable alternatives were available. Long approval processes, according to Miele, also deter companies from investing. He named demographic change, rising contributions, and immigration that often does not lead to employment quickly enough as further problems. The shortage of skilled workers is real, he wrote, but uncontrolled immigration burdens households and municipalities. The Bundeswehr is also still inadequately equipped after decades of underfunding: the NATO target of 2 percent has long been missed, and there is still a lack of personnel, ammunition, and operational equipment. Miele wrote that Germany’s economy is hardly growing on its own: it shrank in 2023 and 2024 and only grew by 0.2 percent in 2025. Industry is producing less than it did a few years ago. In addition to taxes, levies, and energy costs, he pointed to weak demand, competition from China, and a lack of new products. In education, about one in three 15-year-olds does not reach the basic level in mathematics and reading; the gap between children from poor and rich families is as large as it has been since the beginning of the PISA tests. At the same time, there is a shortage of teachers and many school buildings are dilapidated. Among the further challenges, Miele listed the need for renovation of roads, bridges, railways, and schools. The municipal investment backlog is over 200 billion euros, about 55 billion of which is for schools alone. In his view, excessively high rents, low construction activity, and long approval processes also make it difficult to move to cities with open positions. The state is slow in digitization; many applications are still on paper, and internet coverage in rural areas is patchy. Finally, Miele warned that government spending is increasing without the economy growing correspondingly. Pensions, social services, and interest compete with defense and infrastructure for the same funds. If debt grows faster than economic output, there will be less room for investment later on, he wrote. Ultimately, the working people would bear the consequences, Miele explained, and he asked for his readers' assessments. #Herausforderungen #Wirtschaft #Deutschland (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that he explained the systematics of §§ 102 and 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as the fundamental right to the inviolability of the home in the radio program "The Rule of Law" by Kontrafunk. He described the practice of using house searches for trivial offenses – especially insult under § 185 of the Criminal Code – as a means of education against politically different thinkers as strange and post-democratic. He always regarded the program as recommendable. #Rechtsstaat #Demokratie #Grundrechte (translated)

The Supreme Court of the USA is reviewing the legal permissibility of the detention of migrants without legal residency status during ongoing deportation proceedings, in the context of a controversial practice of the Trump administration. #Einwanderungspolitik #SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump (translated)

Der US-Supreme Court hat der Trump-Regierung vorübergehend erlaubt, Migranten ohne vorherige Anhörung in Drittstaaten abzuschieben, trotz einer früheren gerichtlichen Entscheidung, die diese Praxis für rechtswidrig erklärte, während eine endgültige Entscheidung in einem Hauptverfahren für Dezember geplant ist. #Abschiebungen #Einwanderung #Menschenrechte

Den "praxis" som Anders Ygeman hänvisar till finns inte. Talmansvalet och regeringsfrågan hänger inte ihop. S skämmer ut sig. Talmannen bör ställa Andersson inför omröstning i RD så snabbt som möjligt. Låt processen avgöra. Istf spinnet. #politik #Sverigedemokraterna #Riksdagen

Lena Hallengren tar verkligen priset idag: I riksdagens talarstol sa hon nyss att det är S "yttersta önskan att vi återgår till praxis", men i nästa mening säger hon att S ska rösta för Centerpartiets Kerstin Lundgren som 3:e vice talman – vilket är helt emot riksdagens praxis. #politik #riksdagen #Sverige