The Commission President receives Rutte at the Berlaymont and describes the incident in Leipzig as an attack using military equipment carried out by a Russian operation on European soil: this marks a shift in terminology from the usual language regarding ‘hybrid incidents’

The German Chancellor is still keeping the long-range missiles promised during the election campaign on the back burner. Meanwhile, the UK and France are sharing data with Kyiv to produce the Storm Shadow-Scalp missiles in Ukraine: Berlin is providing funding and co-producing them, but continues to drag its feet over the delivery of the Taurus missiles

Italian expansion into Germany. The Germans have noticed it, but we haven’t. Lessons in political realism against sovereignty movements

The BSW has not ruled out supporting the ultra-nationalists in the Magdeburg elections. According to the former parliamentary group leader of Die Linke, the country “needs a fresh start”