[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2019-10-05

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  1. English Videos
    1. Gestrande Greta (Stranded Greta)
  2. English News and Articles
    1. NEWS - Sebastian Kurz's People's Party ahead in Austria election: projection
    2. Albania and North Macedonia to start EU accession talks
    3. China: How science made a superpower
    4. Traffic chaos as farmers drive their tractors to The Hague protest
    5. Brexit isn’t David Cameron’s Legacy – Libya is
    6. Politics - Hong Kong Invokes Rare Emergency Powers to Ban Masks at Protests
    7. French police take to the streets for Paris 'anger march'
    8. Iraq Forces Fire on Anti-Government Protesters in Bagdad
    9. The German Problem
  3. Translated News in English
    1. Does the state works with Islamists and Turkish nationalists?
    2. Federal Minister of Justice - "We have to become active as a constitutional state"
    3. What the official number of unemployed keeps silent: 3.13 million people without work & 6.5 million people live on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) benefits
    4. Climate protection package: CO2 price can bring nearly 19 billion euros by 2023
    5. NEWS - Ex-leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party to quit politics & Exclusion possible - FPÖ suspended Strache
    6. SME (Small and medium-sized enterprises) strategy - Altmaier wants to cover social security contributions for companies
    7. Breitscheidplatz attack - BND has previously unknown Amri video
    8. IS terrorists on the run - The most dangerous refugee camp in the world
    9. After Glawischnig suit - Facebook has to delete hate mailings worldwide
    10. Organized crime in Berlin - Left criticizes police: fight against Arab clans in Berlin is "racist"
    11. NATO - Defender 2020
    12. Bad values ??for CDU boss - Only eleven percent trust Kramp-Karrenbauer chancellorship

I. English Videos

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-> Gestrande Greta (Stranded Greta)

II. English News and Articles

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-> NEWS - Sebastian Kurz's People's Party ahead in Austria election: projection
Projections based on a partial count in Austria's parliamentary vote show ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's People's Party (ÖVP) in a leading position. The conservative party is likely to form a coalition government.
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Exit polls released by Austrian public broadcaster ORF showed Kurz's party projected to get 37.2%, an increase of 5.7% compared with the 2017 election.
The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) was set to lose 10 percentage points and could get 16%, a sign that a corruption scandal appeared to have damaged the party's reputation.
The center-left Social Democrats were projected to lose 4.9 percentage points and receive 22%, the party's worst results since World War II.
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source: dw
source: tass

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-> Albania and North Macedonia to start EU accession talks
Europe is planning to announce accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia at an EU affairs ministers' meeting in Luxembourg on 15 October, according to draft conclusions seen by the Bloomberg news agency. "In light of the progress achieved on reforms," the EU ministers will agree "to open accession negotiations", the draft communique, which was circulated on Friday, said. France and the Netherlands had previously opposed the move.
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source: eu observer
source: dwn

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-> China: How science made a superpower
Shellen Wu traces the rise of the dominant force in science, in the second of a series of essays on the ways in which the past 150 years have shaped today’s research system, marking Nature’s anniversary.
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source: nature
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Enviable, here in Germany one side rather stuffs a lot of money in bank bailouts and the others preaches the deindustrialization.
anmerkung:
Beneidenswert, hier in Deutschland stopfen die einen lieber viel Geld in Bankenrettungen und die anderen predigen die Deindustriealisierung.

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-> Traffic chaos as farmers drive their tractors to The Hague protest
There were record traffic jams on the Dutch roads on Tuesday as thousands of farmers headed for The Hague to take part in a mass demonstration, hundreds of whom are travelling by tractor.
Motoring organisation ANWB said Tuesday morning’s rush hour, with over 1,000 kilometres of jams, was the worst ever – with queues of 40 kilometres on the A2 from Utrecht to The Hague alone.
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source: dutch news nl
source: sputnik

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-> Brexit isn’t David Cameron’s Legacy – Libya is
The MSM’s total disregard for the apocalyptic destruction of the most developed nation in Africa is a crime
David Cameron has a book out. You’ve probably heard. There’s a lot of press coverage. The BBC did a retrospective documentary about him to coincide with it, The Guardian had a review of the book, a review of the documentary, and an interview with the man himself.
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source: off-guardian/Kit Knightly

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-> Politics - Hong Kong Invokes Rare Emergency Powers to Ban Masks at Protests
Hong Kong invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than half a century to ban face masks for protesters, a move that risks spurring even more intense clashes in months of violent unrest.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday the move was necessary to stem increased violence in recent weeks, including attacks by protesters using petrol bombs, corrosive liquids and other weapons. The prohibition on face masks will deter violence and help police enforce the law, she said, adding that the measure didn’t mean Hong Kong was under a state of emergency.
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KEY POINTS FROM THE BRIEFING:
Face mask ban takes effect on Saturday
Penalties include up to a year in jail or fine of HK$25,000 ($3,190)
Exemptions for religious, professional and medical purposes
Additional measures to be considered if violence continues
Government won’t introduce capital controls
Necessary to stem violence to safeguard investment environment
Legislature will review decision this month
District council elections next month to go on as planned
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source: bloomberg
source: voa
source: orf at
source: tagesschau de

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-> French police take to the streets for Paris 'anger march'
French police officers are going on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years on Wednesday, taking to the streets of Paris for an “anger march” against low morale, rising suicides and the Macron government’s controversial pension reforms.
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source: france24
source: zeit

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-> Iraq Forces Fire on Anti-Government Protesters in Bagdad
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces opened fired on anti-government protesters gathering in Baghdad Friday for a fourth day of demonstrations against unemployment, poor public services and corruption.
The security forces fired directly at the protesters, not in the air, an AFP correspondent said.
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source: voa
source: reuters
source: orf at
-> Sharp rise in Iraq death toll despite cleric's call to calm protests
Four days of grassroots protests in Iraq have killed more than 60 people – the death toll rising sharply over the past 24 hours as demonstrators continue to clash with security forces.
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source: rfi
source: orf at

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-> The German Problem
The world has a problem with Germany. In Germany, however, people are completely unwilling to admit it. Germany has become a prime example of collective cognitive dissonance.
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source: flassbeck-economics
ref:
[Economics] Is the German Economy great

III. Translated News in English

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-> Does the state works with Islamists and Turkish nationalists?
Several federal states are working together with the Central Council of Muslims - and are now being criticized. Experts accuse them of courting extremists indirectly. This is also evident in NRW.
In Cologne, according to the German constitutional protection agency, the headquarters of the German Muslim Brothers - a worldwide Islamist organization that intends to establish a theocracy in Germany - is in the process. They are organized in this country in the German Muslim Community (DMG). The DMG in turn is a member of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD), one of the four Islamic umbrella organizations. The ZMD chairman Aiman ??Mazyek has a very strong media presence and is gladly invited by the leaders of German politics on official occasions. In federal states such as NRW, the ZMD is also allowed to help shape Islamic religious instruction and to fill in forums for the representation of Muslims.
Is that acceptable? Should the state work with a federation that Islamists influence? Last week, the state parliament in NRW argued - representing many West German states, which are facing similar issues. The AfD faction had requested to cease cooperation with the ZMD until the Islamists banish from its ranks. All other parties rejected this, however, because the cooperation helps the ZMD but to counteract the "negative influence of extremists" (as the CDU politician Marc Blondin).
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In the current annual report, the NRW constitution protection also describes the strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). They tried to transform the majority society "in the sense of their Islamist agenda" and deceived their interlocutors. Freedom advocates, "the DMG and the network with their cooperating organizations" pursued, despite opposing assurances above all one goal: the establishment of Islamic God-states, in the final analysis, also in Germany ". This is threatening, because in the long run go out of such legally operating Islamists a greater danger than by Jihadists who will never gain influence on larger sections of the population.
In order to grasp what the MB is aiming at, it is worth taking a look at its mastermind: Qatari-based preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi. According to him, there is only one solution for Europe: Sharia law. Only when flogging or capital punishment for adultery, homosexuality and apostasy are imposed by Islam, God's will is done. Qaradawi also believes that a suicide bombing of Israelis is legitimate and that Hitler is a tool of God to educate the Jews. Even moderate beating of women, he considers allowed.
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Ali Ertan Toprak becomes even clearer. He explains Mazyek's protestations for "implausible" and the parties' hope for a self-cleansing of the ZMD for illusory. Because: "The ZMD is requested at least since the first German Islam Conference in 2006, to separate from Muslim Brothers and nationalists. And what happened? Nothing! "Neither did the ZMD get rid of one or the other. And he would not. In fact, Mazyek declined against the "WAZ" to exclude the DMG from the ZMD. In this case, the Free Protection Commissioner observes with concern that the influence of DMG is growing. Although it has only hundreds nationwide, NRW more than 80 leaders, but these reached tens of thousands of Muslims nationwide. And because of the successful mission among immigrants, this influence is currently increasing.
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source: welt translate
source: welt

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-> Federal Minister of Justice - "We have to become active as a constitutional state"
Federal Justice Minister Lambrecht has announced a number of legislative changes in the fight against right. It aims at tightening up the Network Enforcement Act as well as the reporting and firearms legislation.
Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht wants to tighten some laws with regard to the threat from the right. In the report from Berlin she said that the threat of right-wing terror should not be underestimated. "We must become active as a constitutional state and act."
The SPD politician spoke again for a tightening of the Network Enforcement Act. In future, platform operators will be required to report offenses such as incitement or death threats to investigative authorities. The law, passed two years ago, commits Internet platforms to a harder crackdown on hatred, hate speech and terrorist propaganda. Clearly criminal contents must be deleted within 24 hours, on user complaints should react after 48 hours at the latest.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
source: golem

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-> What the official number of unemployed keeps silent: 3.13 million people without work
In September, the Federal Employment Agency reports about 2.23 million unemployed. However, the total number of people without work does not reflect the official figure. For almost 897,000 de facto unemployed are not included in the unemployment, but in the separate underemployment statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt
-> 6.5 million people live on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) benefits
Almost 2.3 million people were unemployed in July 2019. But at just under 6.5 million, nearly three times as many people in Germany lived on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV benefits, including 1.94 million children and adolescents. Because only a part of those who need state support, is also considered unemployed in the sense of statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt
ref:
[Economics] Is the German Economy great

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-> Climate protection package: CO2 price can bring nearly 19 billion euros by 2023
The expected revenue from the climate package wants to use the Federal Government for climate protection or relief of citizens. The CO2 price increases gradually.
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source: zeit translate
source: zeit
source: tagesspiegel

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-> NEWS - Ex-leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party to quit politics
Heinz-Christian Strache has announced that he is ending his political career after his party's heavy election loss on Sunday. The "Ibiza" scandal forced the former vice-chancellor from his position earlier this year.
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source: dw en
source: dw de
-> Exclusion possible - FPÖ suspended Strache
The FPÖ suspended their former party leader Heinz-Christian Strache. Party leader Norbert Hofer announced this after seven-hour committee meetings on Tuesday evening. Should the allegations against Strache be confirmed in the expenses scandal, a later party exclusion is also possible.
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source: orf translate
source: orf
source: faz
source: sz
source: tagesschau

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-> SME (Small and medium-sized enterprises) strategy - Altmaier wants to cover social security contributions for companies
No wealth tax, corporate tax at a maximum of 25 percent - Minister of Economics Altmaier speaks to the middle class with its new plans from the heart.
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source: tagesspiegel translate
source: tagesspiegel

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-> Breitscheidplatz attack - BND has previously unknown Amri video
A hitherto unknown threat video of the Christmas market assassin Amri raises questions. The recording was made a few weeks before the attack in Berlin - a foreign intelligence service had come into the possession.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
source: tagesschau
source: sz
source: tagesspiegel
source: zeit

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-> IS terrorists on the run - The most dangerous refugee camp in the world
71,000 refugees are in the refugee camp Al-Hol. Far more than half of them are supporters of the terrorist militia IS. The living conditions in the camp are catastrophic.
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source: zdf translate
source: zdf

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-> After Glawischnig suit - Facebook has to delete hate mailings worldwide
The Internet giant Facebook can be forced to remove hate mailings and illegally declared verbal and similar comments worldwide. This is clear from a judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday. The former green federal spokeswoman Eva Glawischnig, who was insulted on Facebook, had filed a suit. Criticizing the verdict comes as little surprise from Facebook.
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source: orf translate
source: orf
source: zeit
source: faz
source: spiegel
source: sz
source: tagesschau
source: ecj
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Freedom of expression and democracy go hand in hand. For the free competition of ideas the possibility to get to know information and ideas and to be heard is by definition indispensable. Exceptions are the call for crimes and appeals that can disturb public peace such as the false warning of fire in cramped rooms. Everything else would be a some sort of dictatorship.

Censorship of hatred would require people or rules from people who distinguish hatred from criticism. In any case it would be people to differentiate. Hate and criticism however have a common intersection of interpretation depending on one's own position. In addition it is not yet clear whether the statement or the position of the addressed person is questionable or illegitimate. Thus a censorship would again be a projection of power even if it was driven by morality.

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-> Organized crime in Berlin - Left criticizes police: fight against Arab clans in Berlin is "racist"
"Harassment of respectable citizens" in clans and "clinging to family members": A member of the Bundestag of the left criticized the measures of the Berlin police against Arab criminal clans and sees the political debate as a racist motivated.
Even the term clan crime is "misleading and discriminatory," says Ulla Jelpke, member of the Bundestag left and spokeswoman for domestic issues. At a joint event of the Left Party Berlin -Neuköln and the association "Muslims of all origins German identity" (Mahdi) in the community center Refugio, the organizers strongly criticized the Berlin police, as the " Welt " reported.
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source: focus translate
source: focus
source: welt

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-> Germany participates in great exercise of the US military
US forces will conduct a major exercise in Europe next year.
Germany is at the center as a logistical hub.
For 25 years, the largest military exercise of its kind in Europe involves the transfer of a division to Poland and the Baltic States.
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source: rnd translate
source: rnd
-> 20,000 US soldiers are coming to Germany for "Defender 2020"
Germany becomes the logistics hub for a major military exercise by the US armed forces: In "Defender 2020" a transfer of troops to Poland and the Baltic States is played through. The opposition is alarmed.
It will be the largest exercise of US forces of this type in Europe for 25 years. Up to 20,000 soldiers, tanks and military equipment of a whole division are brought across the Atlantic.
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source: welt translate
source: welt

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-> Bad values ??for CDU boss - Only eleven percent trust Kramp-Karrenbauer chancellorship
In one year, the Union wants to nominate its chancellor candidate. As far as the Minister of Defense is concerned, voters have a clear opinion.
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source: tagesspiegel translate
source: tagesspiegel

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