Seit der Wahl vom 26. Mai 2019 gehören der Abgeordnetenkammer zwölf Parteien an, die zehn Fraktionen gebildet haben.
Daily Archives: 19. Februar 2020
Tunisia names new government, avoids risk of early election
Tunisia’s designated Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh on Wednedsay named a new coalition government after reaching an agreement with Ennahda moderate Islamist Party, the biggest power in Parliament, ending an ongoing political crisis of four months.
Canada passenger rail company lays off 1,000 staff as blockades bite
The protesters say they back the Wet’suwet’en indigenous people of British Columbia in their campaign against the C$6.6 billion ($4.98 billion) Coastal GasLink project. Some aboriginal bands claim the right to veto projects on their territory, a stance rejected by a Canadian court earlier this month.
“Reconciliation doesn’t mean allowing a couple of people to shut down the national economy,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney told reporters.
Woman lawyer who exposed secret Yemen prisons wins rights prize
Al-Sarari received the award, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for human rights, for her work exposing „the enforced disappearances that occurred as a result of secret prisons run by foreign governments in Yemen,“ the award organisers said in a statement.
Syria‘s Aleppo airport receives first scheduled flight in eight years
The reopening of the airport comes days after the Russian-backed Syrian army said it had seized rural areas northwest of Aleppo, a major strategic gain in weeks of bombing of the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria.
Turkish, Greek defense teams conclude day 3 of talks
The delegation also visited the Piraeus Turkish Martyrdom and Turkish Armed Forces Attache‘s office in Athens, the ministry added.
Iraqi PM-designate says he has picked cabinet, seeks vote of confidence
He also promised to hold an early election free from “the influence of money, weapons, and foreign interference” and called on protesters to give his government a chance in spite of a “crisis of confidence in everything related to politics” that he blamed on the failures of his predecessors.
Ocasio-Cortez defends Sanders running as a Democrat: It‘s ‚more than what you call yourself‘
“He hasn’t just come to this fight, he has been fighting for these issues for his entire life,” she said. “He did this when it was least convenient, he paid the highest political cost.”
Sanders: Bloomberg Doesn‘t Have The Right To Buy This Election, „Obscene“ That He Skipped Early States
SANDERS: You know, we pride ourselves on being the longest-standing democracy in the world. And we‘re proud of that. To me, what that means, one person, one vote. If you want to run for president, you run for president. You‘ve got good ideas, maybe you win, maybe you don‘t win.
But I do think it‘s a bit obscene that we have somebody who, by the way, chose not to contest in Iowa, in Nevada, in South Carolina, in New Hampshire where all of the candidates, we did town meetings, we were talking to thousands and thousands of people, working hard. He said, I don‘t have to do that. I‘m worth $60 billion. I have more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans. I‘ll buy the presidency. That offends me very much.
And tomorrow night…
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Bloomberg’s Rising Polls Show The Power Of Billionaire Narrative Control
Back in November Mike Bloomberg was polling at four percent nationally and had the highest disapproval rating of any potential Democratic presidential candidate, and understandably so; the man has a uniquely horrible record and no redeeming traits to speak of.
Now, after spending $400 million in broadcast, radio and cable ads, $42 million on Facebook ads, $36 million on Google ads, and an unknown fortune on other shady manipulations, a national Quinnipiac poll released last week put him at 15 percent nationally in the Democratic primary. This week national polls released by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist and Zogby put him at 19 and 20 percent, respectively.
Mike Bloomberg Ran Stasi-Style Police and Surveillance Operations Against Muslim Americans
New York University professor Nikhil Pal Singh, author of “Race and America’s Long War,” dissects Bloomberg’s record, his “racial terror” tactics in New York City, and what his candidacy says about the state of electoral politics in the U.S. Attorney Diala Shamas of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who fought Bloomberg over his Muslim surveillance program, describes the New York Police Department’s “Demographics Unit” that targeted Muslim Americans and their businesses, houses of worship, and restaurants. Shamas compares the surveillance program to some of the activities of the East German Stasi secret police and says Bloomberg’s use of the program should be seen as an ominous sign of what he might do as president.
Thüringer Landtagsfraktion: Mike Mohring stellt Kooperationsverbot mit Linkspartei infrage
Lieberknecht hatte zuvor ihrer Partei eine „verlässliche parlamentarische Vereinbarung mit der Linken“ empfohlen, um die Regierungskrise in Thüringen zu beenden.
„Frau Lieberknecht hat klug und richtig zusammengefasst, was jetzt noch möglich ist“, sagte Mohring. Die CDU sei „eingemauert in Beschlussfragen“. Das verhindere Lösungen für die Regierungsbildung.
EU will kräftig in künstliche Intelligenz investieren
Die EU soll beim Thema künstliche Intelligenz (KI) künftig konkurrenzfähiger werden. Dazu will man Milliarden in die Hand nehmen, sagte EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen heute.
Die CDU hat sich in eine ausweglose Situation manövriert
Die Halbwertszeiten von Zusagen, Absprachen und Entscheidungen, sie sind in Thüringen derzeit nur von kurzer Dauer.
Regierungskrise in Thüringen: Lieberknecht fordert CDU zur Wahl Ramelows auf
Sie halte es jetzt für die „sauberste Lösung“, die vorhandene Mehrheit zu nutzen, sagte sie dem SPIEGEL. Also jene Mehrheit von Linken und CDU, die in Thüringen zusammen auf fast 53 Prozent der Stimmen kommen.
Dabei solle die CDU nicht nur die Wahl von Ex-Linken-Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow aktiv unterstützen, sondern darüber hinaus auch eine stabile Regierung ermöglichen.
Wizard of oz we‘re off to see the wizard.
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Kandidaten für CDU-Vorsitz – Mehr innerparteiliche Demokratie wagen!
Die CDU sollte Norbert Röttgen dankbar sein – mit seiner Kandidatur verhindert er eine Hinterzimmer-Kungelei um den nächsten Vorsitz.
Künftiger Parteivorsitz – Röttgen für CDU-Mitgliederbefragung
„Ich glaube, dieser Wunsch in der Partei wird immer stärker und hörbarer werden“, sagte er nach einem Treffen mit Parteichefin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in Berlin.
Rückzug von Kramp-Karrenbauer: Merkel will sich aus Suche nach CDU-Chef raushalten
Mit Blick auf eine Regierungsbeteiligung von Rechtspopulisten in anderen europäischen Staaten sagte Merkel, für die Union gelte, dass sie nicht mit der AfD zusammenarbeite. Über andere Länder wolle sie nicht urteilen, das müssten diese selbst entscheiden.
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It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president
For decades, the conversation about nominations has been about the conflicts between party elites and everyone else. Today, that conversation is counterproductive. A better approach is to think about how voters and elites could best play their different roles: to make their political parties more representative while ultimately narrowing the nomination choice down to one person. And the best way to do that would be through preference primaries.
New NBC/WSJ national Dem poll Sanders 27% (unchanged from January poll) Biden 15% (-11) Bloomberg 14% (+5) Warren 14% (-1) Buttigieg 13% (+6) Klobuchar 7% (+2)
Sanders opens double-digit national lead: poll
Sen. Sanders has opened up a double-digit lead in the 2020 field, according to new NBC News/WSJ polling.
New Washington Post-ABC News national poll: Sanders 32 (+9 since Jan) Biden 16 (-16!!) Bloomberg 14 (+6) Warren 12 (unchanged) Buttigieg 8 (+3) Klobuchar 7 (+4)
Sanders surges into national lead in new Post-ABC poll
The Post-ABC poll shows Sanders, who got more votes in Iowa than any other candidate ahead of his narrow win in New Hampshire, with the support of 32 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters. That is an increase of nine percentage points since January.
Bernie Sanders’ campaign to request recount of Iowa caucuses
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign plans to ask for a partial recount of the Iowa caucus results after the state Democratic Party released results of its recanvass late Tuesday that show Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in an effective tie.
Sanders campaign senior adviser Jeff Weaver told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that the campaign has had a representative in contact with the Iowa Democratic Party throughout the recanvass process.
If these results stand Buttigieg would still get 14 national delegates (the ones that actually matter) to Bernie’s 12. Totally democratic system we have!
Bernie is still fighting that decision
Buttigieg lead in Iowa appears to fall to a mere 0.08 SDEs after recanvass Buttigieg 563.207 Sanders 563.127
Buttigieg, Sanders separated by thousandths of a point after Iowa recanvass
Buttigieg now leads Sanders by .08 state delegate equivalents, according to results posted by the state party — 26.186 percent for Buttigieg to 26.182 percent for Sanders. The initial results were marred by apparent reporting or mathematical errors.
Iowa Democratic Party Announces Results of Official Recanvass Request
The recanvass results still have Pete Buttigieg at the top, getting 14 national delegates. He is closely followed by Bernie Sanders who will get 12.
Kriegswirtschaft: Landminen verbieten
Am Dienstag haben sich Demonstranten vor der US-Botschaft in Berlin auf dem Pariser Platz versammelt und gegen die Freigabe des Landmineneinsatzes für das US-Militär durch die Trump-Administration protestiert.
Streik in Griechenland: Massive Proteste gegen Rentenreform
„Der Gesetzesentwurf, den die Regierung im Parlament vorgelegt hat, ist nichts anderes als eine Fortsetzung der Spargesetze, die zwischen 2010 und 2018 verabschiedet wurden und die zu Rentenkürzungen von 20 bis 60 Prozent geführt haben“, hieß es in einer Erklärung.
Thüringen-Krise: Keine Übergangsregierung mit Lieberknecht
Wie es nun weitergeht, ist offen. Linkspartei, SPD, Grüne und CDU erklärten am Dienstagabend nach Beratungen, bis Freitag einen Vorschlag für einen Ausweg aus der Regierungskrise vorlegen zu wollen.
New joint ventures hint at ‘burgeoning relationship’ between Israel and India
Earlier this month, Israel Aerospace Industries and India’s Bharat Electronics Limited signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a new center for technical and maintenance support for India’s air defense systems. In addition, IAI on Feb. 5 signed a strategic collaboration memorandum with Indian firms Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Dynamatic Technologies Limited to work on UAVs that will be made in India.
In Ahmedabad, Wall Goes Up To Hide Poor Slums From Donald Trump
Trump will visit India on February 24th and 25th. He will also visit Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad Municipal corporation is building a wall so that the slums along the road from where Donald Trump will be passing, can be hidden.
India hastily builds wall along slum ahead of Trump visit
News reports said the wall was originally planned to be 6-7 feet (1.8-2.1 meters) high but was reduced to 4 feet (1.2 meters) after it received widespread publicity.
Senior government official Bijal Patel said the wall was built “for security reasons” and not to conceal the slum.
“Apart from security reasons, the wall is also part of a beautification and cleanliness drive,” she said.
Südkoreas erster Satellit für Überwachung der Luftqualität erfolgreich gestartet
Der von Südkorea gebaute erste geostationäre Satellit für die Umweltüberwachung dient vor allem der Kontrolle der Feinstaublage in Ostasien.
Chollian-2B, der Zwillingssatellit des im Dezember 2018 gestarteten Chollian-2A, wird ab Oktober Echtzeitdaten zu den Ozeanen senden und ab 2021 zur Atmosphäre.
LIVE: Ariane rocket launches two telecommunications satellites from French Guiana
The Ariane 5 rocket will carry the JCSAT17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the GEOKOMPSAT-2B for Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).