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Here’s the Habeck face!
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Moderators are now asking hard questions of Weidel about AfD policies on military service, Ukraine, Germany in Europe. She’s floundering.
In this Berliner Runde we’re *finally* getting the frank European- and foreign-policy debates that should have happened in the campaign.
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As long as King Leopold is not involved….
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League Mandates. Their time may rise again!
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Two untranslatable German words it may be useful to know right now:
- Ausschliesseritis, "ruling-out-itis": what happens when parties exclude so many options that almost nothing seems possible
- Wahlkrimi, "election thriller": a dramatically close election result
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Ostafrika…did that become Tangyanika?
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Same colours in Afghanistan maybe better 😬
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What a plot twist - which hadn’t really occurred to me previously. Having syphoned the Putin cranks away from Die Linke Ms Wagenknecht might have inadvertently served the country and made Die Linke more electable. Silver linings and all that…
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Meh, I wouldn't call them left at all. Purple Putin Party.
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The debatable part about calling BSW part of the "populist left" is not the populist aspect, but whether they are really left.
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But has moved in recent years. In no small part due to the Putinistas following Sara into her own party. But yes peaceniks still exist.
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How come it’s not a named storm? Weather apps telling me 88 km/h gusts and sustained of 50km/h are expected. The threshold of loss of electricity where I am was 70 km/h gusts the last two storms.