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Domestic politics severely constrain Germany’s options following the formal attribution of an explosive-laden Russian drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Despite Chancellor Friedrich Merz and senior officials like Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stating that Berlin faces a daily campaign of Russian hybrid warfare,
Germany's retaliatory measures have been notably modest
—primarily consisting of diplomatic maneuvers such as closing…

"A unified, neutral Germany? Given that nation's heritage, such a
phrase may prove to be the oxymoron of the decade." -Kevin M.
Matarese, Fulda, West Germany; as seen in "Letters", Time
magazine, p. 5, March 5, 1990.

German search engine Ecosia, used by government services, ditches Mistral for open-source models, including Chinese ones, citing Mistral's disappointing quality (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-ecosia-search-engine-mistral-chin…

German search engine ditches Mistral, bets on Chinese open-source AI
“We are disappointed with the quality of Mistral,” Ecosia founder and CEO told POLITICO.

In the 80s, during the Cold War, a drone attack with explosives on a plane would have caused crisis meetings in governments and the military, now it is just a small article on this frontpage in Germany. I don't think Russia has received the message we don't want to allow this...
We could just slide into war and will probably be surprised when people start dying outside Ukraine...
Russia is simply not deterred from doing more attacks.

📰 „Einen Krieg in Europa werden wir nicht überleben“
#News

"Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039" did they mean Germany über alles? 😳
Is it a sequel or third in a trilogy?
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/202…

Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039
The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

"vorlesungsfreie zeit ist, wenn …" … die schließfächer für unsere bibliothek am schlossplatz in der morgensonne wohlgeordnet vor sich hin dösen. 😴 [das war heute früh um 9; mittlerweile ist dann doch wieder etwas mehr leben drin.]
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/in

Letzte Nacht sehr spät #rausgeschafft, dafür dann umso länger unterwegs gewesen. Würd's bei Garmin die Auszeichnung "Frühaufsteher" mehrfach geben, hätte ich sie wohl heute wieder bekommen, weil ich erst kurz nach 4 Uhr heim kam. 2h20min im Sattel, knappe 3h gemütlich unterwegs gewesen, 41.6km und 373hm. Bin via Katzensee, Regensdorf, Adlikon zum "

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy
after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.
Merz said his center-right Christian Democratic Union was “deeply shocked”
by what he called “the most serious election defeat that the CDU has had for years, for decades.”
But he indi…

German chancellor under pressure after AfD win in state polls
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure after the far-right Alternative Germany (AfD) party achieved a significant victory in a regional election. AfD nearly secured a majority in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, marking a potential shift for Germany, which has avoided far-right leadership since the Nazi era. Merz, who leads the center-right Christian Democrats, had promised to weaken AfD but failed. The victory complicates Germany's political landscape amid challenges like Russia's aggressi…