Donald Trump’s press conference before his inauguration on January 20th caused a stir around the world. The prime minister rejected some of his demands and threats, including to Europe, in a short statement on Wednesday. Gordon Repinski analyzes how Scholz and his SPD will handle the mercurial US president’s return to the White House in the coming weeks and months.
In the 200-second interview, he meets with the Social Democratic Party’s secretary-general before the weekend’s national convention and talks about how the Social Democratic Party wants to position itself and Germany in terms of security and defense policy. America’s next NATO.
POLITICO reporter Pauline von Pezold reports from the AfD party conference in Riza, Saxony. In addition to Alice Weidel’s candidacy for chancellor, a variety of proposals will be voted on, some of which will once again cause discord and shake heads among delegates.
A prominent thinker in foreign, security and defense policy is changing careers, and both sides can’t help but celebrate.
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