No more gas for Shell Europe. Russia is serious and turns off the gas tap. German locations are also affected. All political news in the live ticker.
- dispute about Hubertus Heils (SPD) plans for climate money: Minister of Labor Heil plans to stagger the climate money socially. Parts of the traffic light are opposed to this idea.
- vote of no confidence versus Boris Johnson getting closer: Up to 28 deputies will turn down because of Partygate.
- New party leadership the left: Wulf Gallert is also applying for the federal presidency
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Stopped gas deliveries: Gas could become even rarer in Germany in the future. As Focus As reported in the evening, Gazprom announced that it no longer wants to supply gas to Shell Energy Europe from Wednesday. As it goes on to say, the location in Germany is also affected. The Danish supplier Orsted is also said to be affected and will no longer receive gas in the future. The reason for the decision is that the companies did not want to make payments in rubles.
Accordingly, no money flowed for the month of April. As Orsted announced, Gazprom has informed the Danish group that it will stop gas deliveries on Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. The fact that companies are no longer supplied with Russian gas is nothing new: It was already known at the beginning of the week that Russia would not deliver two billion cubic meters of gas to the Netherlands. Deliveries to utilities in Poland, Bulgaria and Finland have also been suspended.
Farewell to turkey: Turkey no longer wants to be called “Turkey” and is bringing something new into play
New international name: “Turkiye” instead of “Turkey” – in international diplomacy, Turkey wants to eliminate common ground with turkey in the future. As reported by the German Press Agency, Istanbul has been struggling with the English translation of the country’s name for a long time. Now demanded the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the United Nations and other international organizations to use the new name “Turkiye” in the future.
Internally, the name has long been used for export products. Erdogan argued that “Turkiye” best expresses the culture, civilization and values of the Turkish nation.
Dispute over Hubertus Heils (SPD) plans for climate money: Minister of Labor Heil plans to stagger the climate money socially
Planned climate money: The proposal by Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD), the planned one climate money Staggering according to income causes different reactions among the traffic light parties. SPD leader Saskia Esken defended Heil’s proposal for climate money. She told the newspapers of the Funke media group that a socially designed climate money was provided for in the coalition agreement. Esken said tiering and income caps could ensure payment “gets to the people who need it most.”
There is opposition from the FDP, among others. With regard to Heil’s plans, Finance Minister Christian Lindner had explained that this was a “redistribution pot” and that the project, which he considered very bureaucratic, did not correspond to the coalition agreement. Heil had suggested more precisely that people with a gross monthly income of less than 4,000 euros should receive a state payment once a year.
In the middle of the Ukraine war: Ukrainian parliament votes out human rights commissioner
Deselected: Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, has been voted out of office by the Ukrainian parliament. According to the Unian news agency, a majority of MPs voted in favor of such a motion on Tuesday in Kyiv. MEPs accused Denisova of not doing enough to set up evacuation corridors for the evacuation of civilians since Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s war of aggression three months ago.
Further criticism of Denizova was that she showed little engagement in the exchange and in defending the rights of prisoners of war. There was also how Denisova described sex crimes against children that were allegedly committed by Russian soldiers. Meanwhile it should be in the Ukraine already 15,000 war crimes have given. Like on the War crimes in Ukraine reacts and how Putin can be punished remains uncertain.
Vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson is approaching
Partygate Affair: A vote of no confidence in the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is within reach. According to the broadcaster Sky News 28 MPs from Johnson’s Conservative Party are said to have publicly called for his resignation. That’s more than half of the votes needed: If at least 54 MPs from his own party send a letter to the committee and thus withdraw their confidence, there will be a vote of no confidence.
More voices were added over the course of the week. Since not all members of parliament express their criticism publicly, some experts assume that the critical threshold for a vote could be reached in the coming week. A similar situation existed a few months ago, but contrary to the expectations of many experts, the vote was not taken at the time.
Cartel Office wants to take a close look at fuel prices
development of fuel prices: In the course of the energy tax reduction and the am Tank discounts starting June 1st the Federal Cartel Office has announced that it intends to take a closer look. President Andreas Mundt declared loudly dpa, the authority had “intensified the monitoring again”. He added: “Even if there is no legal obligation to pass on the tax cut one-to-one, the mineral oil companies act under the ‘burning glass’ of the Federal Cartel Office.” to forbid.”
Shortly before the start of the measure from the Relief package 2022 had thousands of petrol stations increased their prices. The CDU traffic expert Thomas Bareiß had in the picture on sunday only recently warned: “There is a great danger that the long overdue tax relief will not reach the driver. If the federal government allows the oil companies to improve their balance sheets at the expense of the taxpayers, it would be a scandal.”
New party leadership of the left: Wulf Gallert is also applying for the federal presidency
Re-election of the party leadership: The left-wing politician Wulf Gallert is now one of the candidates for the federal presidency of the Left Party. Gallert is Vice-President in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, having previously held the position of leader of his party’s parliamentary group in the state parliament. The left-wing politician explained that German Press Agency, “I am expressly applying with the topic of foreign policy”. After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, an open discussion about the security architecture in the 21st century must be conducted within the party. According to Gallert, it would be about convincing answers from a left-wing perspective.
In June she wants at the moment left in free fall elect a new board at their national party convention in Erfurt. Susanne Hennig-Wellsow recently resigned from her party leadership after only about a year, Janine Wissler however, is running again. Most recently, Heidi Reichinnek declared her candidacy. In addition to Reichinnek, Gallert and Wissler, two other politicians have also announced their candidacy – Martin Schirdewan and Soren Pellmann.
Oil embargo: Chancellor Olaf Scholz describes the EU sanctions against Russia as “drastic”
Agreement on oil embargo: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has signed the EU agreement on an oil embargo against Russia Wladimir Putin welcomed. Scholz commented on Twitter. The Chancellor wrote: “We have agreed on further drastic sanctions against Russia”. Scholz said the embargo would affect most Russian oil imports. The EU Council President Charles Michel also shares this assessment. He wrote, also on Twitter, that the embargo would put “maximum pressure on Russia” to end the war.
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