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Die geplante Reform des Bürgergelds, wie sie im Koalitionsvertrag von CDU, CSU und SPD skizziert ist, markiert keine sozialpolitische „Weiterentwicklung“, wie es die Regierungssprache nahelegt – sondern eine technokratisch verbrämte Rückabwicklung solidarischer und ethischer Prinzipien. Der Sozialstaat wird nicht repariert, sondern fundamental umgeschrieben – das ist eine strukturelle und moralische Bankrotterklärung. Von Detlef Koch. DieserWeiterlesen

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz hatte direkt nach Amtsantritt eine neue deutsche Führungsrolle in der EU verkündet. Doch die einseitige Israel-Politik der CDU-geführten Bundesregierung hat bisher zum genauen Gegenteil geführt. Deutschland findet sich immer mehr in einer Minderheitenposition in der EU wieder. Diese Woche am 20. Mai stimmte Berlin gegen die überwiegende Mehrheit der EU-Länder, die einemWeiterlesen

Sara Sievert ist seit Kurzem Chef-Korrespondentin von Table Media, eine intime Kennerin der komplizierten Berliner Verhältnisse und Autorin des Buches “Der Unvermeidbare” – gemeint ist der frischgebackene Kanzler Friedrich Merz. Der ist mit Stolpern und skeptischen Blicken in seine Amtszeit gestartet, Sara Sievert hat diesen Start aus der ersten Reihe beobachtet. Im Podcast beschreibt sie seine Stärken und Defizite, genauso wie die seines Kabinetts. Mit welchen Persönlichkeiten umgibt er sich? Und wessen Loyalität könnte irgendwann wackeln? Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/ApokalypseundFilterkaffee

Robert Francis Prevost, de Amerikaan die een groot deel van zijn leven in Peru werkte, verraste als nieuwe paus meteen. Vooral ook met zijn nieuwe naam. Die was een heel bewuste, ideologische keuze, onderstreepte hij zelf. De erfenis van zijn voorganger Leo XIII is voor Leo XIV van grote betekenis in tijden van geopolitieke omwenteling; technologische en industriële revolutie en hun impact op de samenleving.Om deze nieuwe paus en zijn visie op de wereld te doorgronden moet je dus Leo XIII leren kennen. Zijn levensverhaal is fascinerend, maar zijn betekenis als ideologisch denker en politiek dier is pas echt van historische allure. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger vertellen over Gioacchino Pecci, edelman uit Siena, geboren in 1810. De oudste mens ooit op film (hier en hier) en als zanger in een audio-opname.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***De scholier Gioacchino bleek net als zijn oudere broer Giuseppe razend slim en leergierig. Hij groeide op onder Napoleon en beleefde nationale revoltes, de komst van de democratie, mobiliteit en massamedia, industrie en arbeidersbeweging, stoomschepen, treinen, telegraaf, technologie en wetenschap in een razend tempo. Heel zijn lange leven was hij gretig en nieuwsgierig en opende de geesten van tijdgenoten voor nieuwe ideeën en overtuigingen.Met 27 al was hij een dapper bestuurder die de Camorra bij Napels hard aanpakte, op zijn 33ste topdiplomaat in Brussel en de CEO van het Vaticaan voor een spijkerhard-conservatieve paus die best snapte dat hij zo'n talent niet kon negeren. 1878 werd hij zelf 'opvolger van Petrus'. En bleek als Leo XIII een wervelwind.Politiek moest hij meteen knokken met de briljante Duitse rijkskanselier Otto von Bismarck. En won. Hij maande katholiek Frankrijk vrede te sluiten met een seculiere liberale staat om polarisatie of erger te vermijden. Hij publiceerde reeksen politieke en spirituele boodschappen en verblufte met een openlijke verzoening van wetenschap en geloof. Leo XIII ontving in audiëntie zelfs sciencefiction-romancier Jules Verne!Faam verwierf hij met de encycliek 'Rerum Novarum', oftewel ‘Over de nieuwe dingen'. Het was een doorwrochte ideologische en filosofische afrekening met het reactionaire denken van zijn voorgangers sinds de Franse Revolutie in 1789. Hij sleurde de rooms-katholieke kerk de werkelijkheid van de industriële, geglobaliseerde wereld in.Met de nodige lef analyseerde hij hoe het kapitalistische liberaal-economisch denken en het socialistische denken en zijn collectivisme de kern van de samenleving en de menselijke waardigheid niet goed begrepen. Beiden maakten de mens een slaaf van materialisme en van de anonieme machten van markt en staat.Zijn alternatieve filosofie ging uit van politieke begrippen die wij ook nu nog als actueel en modern herkennen. Van subsidiariteit, rechten van werknemers en werkgevers en 'polderen' tot 'civil society', vrijheid van vereniging en het 'bonum commune'.In de jaren na 1880 drong dit ook buiten het katholieke milieu door. In Nederland bijvoorbeeld bij mensen als de antirevolutionair Abraham Kuyper en de sociaal-liberaal Sam van Houten met hun nadruk op 'de sociale kwestie'.In zijn strijd met Bismarck zorgde Leo XIII ervoor dat de Duitse katholieken de Duitse staat accepteerden en dat zij zich konden verenigen. De 'Zentrumspartei' werd het politiek thuis voor mensen als Konrad Adenauer en fuseerde na 1945 met protestantse groeperingen in de CDU. De sociale markteconomie en de Europese verzoeningsgedachte stammen direct uit de ideologische filosofie in Rerum Novarum.De nieuwe paus Leo XIV bouwt daar expliciet op voort. Hij spreekt van ‘de schatkist van de sociale leer' van Leo XIII voor de 21e eeuw. Juist in ‘deze andere industriële revolutie en de ontwikkelingen in het terrein van artificiële intelligentie' biedt Leo XIII actuele antwoorden voor ‘de verdediging van menselijke waardigheid, gerechtigheid en het werk van mensen'. 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Cancelarul Friedrich Merz și-a anunțat planurile într-un important discurs în fața Bundestagului. În fața amenințării rusești, coalița de guvernare și-a făcut planurile, dar extrema dreaptă se opune. Cancelarul Friedrich Merz dorește să facă din armata germană „cea mai puternică din Europa în termeni convenționali”.În timpul discursului său de politică generală de miercuri, noul cancelar a descris consolidarea Bundeswehr-ului drept „o prioritate absolută” pentru a se proteja împotriva amenințării rusești și a incertitudinilor legate de schimbarea strategică americană.Anunțul vine „la o săptămână după ce coaliția sa cu social-democrații a ajuns la putere și a deblocat câteva sute de miliarde de euro pentru cheltuieli militare.Promițând un sprijin „puternic și continuu” pentru Ucraina, cancelarul a reiterat, de asemenea, că „Germania nu este o terță parte neimplicată sau un mediator neutru”.Citeste siStarea armatei federale germaneLiderul „marii coaliții” (CDU/CSU – SPD) nu s-a ferit de cuvinte, subliniind „dimensiunea descurajatoare a creșterii resurselor militare”.Este o schimbare fundamentală de orientare. Marcată de al Doilea Război Mondial, Germania a investit puțin în zona de apărare, bazându-se pe puterea americană în cadrul NATO.Dar agresiunea rusească asupra Ucrainei a marcat o cotitură istorică în abordarea Berlinului.Primul pas în această nouă ambiție va fi instituirea unui „nou serviciu militar voluntar atractiv”.Un compromis din partea principalului partid al coaliției, CDU, comentează Le Monde. Formațiunea de centru-dreapta care spera să revină la serviciul militar obligatoriu abolit în 2011, a trebuit să cedeze în fața opoziției SPD, partenerul său de coaliție.Citeste siO fabrică de trenuri din Germania va fi transformată pentru a produce tancuriAcelași ziar francez amintește că încă din mai 2022, după ce a anunțat crearea unui fond special de 100 de miliarde de euro, fostul cancelar Olaf Scholz declara, de asemenea, că „Germania va avea în curând cea mai mare armată convențională din Europa în cadrul NATO”.În ciuda unei armate subfinanțate de mult timp, Germania este astăzi una dintre principalele puteri militare din Uniunea Europeană. În 2025, era a treia ca număr de militari, după Polonia și Franța. Dar, ținând cont și de criterii mai largi, potrivit site-ului american Global Firepower, ea se plasează după Franța și Italia.Noul cancelar și-a făcut din accelerarea reînarmării Germaniei o prioritate, anunțând la doar zece zile după alegerile din 23 februarie o reformă constituțională menită să permită Germaniei să se împrumute pentru a-și finanța cheltuielile militare sporite.Deși intenționează să consolideze armata țării sale, noul cancelar nu vrea să pună în pericol legătura transatlantică. Merz a promis „fiabilitate și predictibilitate” partenerilor și aliaților săi, „un semn clar către Statele Unite”, după cum subliniază Der Spiegel. Extrema dreaptă germană se opune însă planurilor marii coaliții.Alice Weidel, co-președinta partidului AfD, l-a atacat pe cancelarul  Merz pentru că dorește să dubleze datoria federală. Ea a acuzat în același timp „retorica sa marțială menită să distragă atenția de la problemele interne”, după cum remarcă Le Monde. Pentru redactarea acestui articol a fost folosit ca sursă portalui Toute L'Europe

Steuererleichterungen, ein starkes Militär, mehr Grenzkontrollen: In seiner Regierungserklärung hat Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) wichtige Vorhaben umrissen. Ein gelungener Auftakt? Diskussion mit dem Politikwissenschaftler Oliver Lembcke und Moderatorin Anja Backhaus. Von WDR 5.

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CPI ao caso Spinumviva ainda faz sentido? Chega diz "sim", Bloco, CDU e Livre deixam a porta aberta. No debate entre cabeças de lista pelo Porto também se falou de tetos às rendas. Chega é contra.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kanzler Merz rettet die Welt, Vizekanzler Klingbeil hat die Genossen im Nacken. Ist Provinz dort, wo kein Koks-Taxi kommt? Und was zum Teufel ist dieses OMR? Die Politiknerds Frank Stauss und Hajo Schumacher beleuchten im Spezial „Elefantenrunde“ die ersten Tage der neuen Regierung. Unsere Themen: Merz/Brilon, Spahn/Borken, Frei/Donaueschingen, Linnemann/Paderborn - repräsentieren die Anführer der CDU das Land womöglich besser als die arroganten Großstädter? Woher nimmt die NRW-SPD ihr Selbstbewusstsein? Wie der Berliner Kultursenator Joe Chialo entsorgt wurde. Die unterhaltsame ZDF-Doku „Inside CDU“. Wie lange kann sich die Brandenburger Innenministerin Katrin (SPD) noch halten? Plus: Die spirituelle Kraft von Margot Friedlaender. Folge 939.Blog von Frank Stauss Wikipedia über Frank Stauss Michael Meisheit + Hajo SchumacherLügen haben schnelle Beine – Laufende Ermittlungen, Band 2Droemer Verlag, 2025.Suse SchumacherDie Psychologie des Waldes, Kailash Verlag, 2024Michael Meisheit + Hajo Schumacher Nur der Tod ist schneller – Laufende Ermittlungen, Kriminalroman, Droemer Knaur Verlag.Kathrin Hinrichs + Hajo SchumacherBuch: "Ich frage für einen Freund..." Das Sex-ABC für Spaß in den besten JahrenKlartext Verlag.Kostenlose Meditationen für mehr Freundlichkeit (Metta) und Gelassenheit (Reise zum guten Ort) unter suseschumacher.deDem MutMachPodcast auf Instagram folgen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

O antigo líder da CGTP Arménio Carlos não fecha a porta a uma entendimento entre CDU e PS, mas deixa uma aviso: "É preciso que o PS clarifique as políticas de acordo com os ideias da esquerda". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Erwartungen an die neue deutsche Regierung sind hoch. Zwei Jahre Rezession liegen hinter uns, auch für das laufende Jahr ist eine Stagnation angesagt. Merz will mit seiner "Arbeitskoalition" deshalb umgehend ein Sofortprogramm umsetzen. Von WDR 5.

Erst im zweiten Wahlgang: Friedrich Merz ist Kanzler – Am 6. Mai 2025 wurde der konservative CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz zum zehnten deutschen Bundeskanzler gewählt. Doch seine Wahl war ungewöhnlich, denn er brauchte zwei Wahlgänge – ein historischer Tag.

＜ヘッドライン＞米トランプ政権「ベッセント財務長官とグリアUSTR代表がスイスを訪問し中国との貿易問題を巡る協議にのぞむ」　相互関税発動以降、米中の正式協議は初／トランプ米大統領「英国と貿易協定で合意した」　相互関税巡る交渉での合意は英国が初／トヨタ自動車「2026年3月期の連結純利益が前期比マイナス35%の3兆1000億円になりそう」　円高や米トランプ政権の輸入車に対する関税政策が重荷／米3月貿易赤字、過去最大の1405億ドル　関税本格的引き上げ前の駆け込み輸入が加速／米FRB、連邦公開市場委員会で政策金利据え置き決定　パウエル議長「現在の金融政策のスタンスは潜在的な経済変化に対してタイムリーに対応するのによい位置を保っている」　トランプ大統領「『遅すぎ』ジェローム・パウエルは愚か者だ。何も分かっていない」／フォンデアライエンEU欧州委委員長「米国など域外の研究者を招くために5億ユーロを投じる」　トランプ政権の介入を避けたい米研究者を誘致／ベッセント米財務長官、連邦議会公聴会でプーチン・ロシア大統領は戦争犯罪人との認識示す　プーチン大統領・習近平中国国家主席、「軍事技術協力を強める」と明記した共同声明／独メルツ新政権が発足　連邦議会、メルツCDU党首を首相に選出　1回目の指名選挙で過半数に届かず異例の再投票で決定／インド政府「パキスタンとの係争地カシミールのパキスタンが実効支配する地域とパキスタン領内にある9カ所のテロリストの拠点を攻撃した」　カシミール地方のインド側支配地域で発生したテロでインド人25人・ネパール人1人が殺害されたことへの報復 ＜ポイント＞　（１） 始まった米関税に関する各国合意〜まず英と（２） 米は据え置き、英・中国は金融緩和（３） 世界の自動車業界の行方〜トヨタ決算を受けて ＜ここ／これを見てきた＞映画「侍タイムスリッパー」

Friedrich Merz ist am Ziel: Nach einer Schlappe im ersten Wahlgang ist er zum zehnten Bundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gewählt worden. Er ist bei Amtsantritt der älteste Kanzler seit Konrad Adenauer - und möglicherweise einer der reichsten.Text und Moderation: Caroline AmmeSie möchten uns unterstützen? Dann bewerten Sie den Podcast gerne bei Apple Podcasts oder Spotify.Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier: https://linktr.ee/wiederwasgelerntUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlWir verarbeiten im Zusammenhang mit dem Angebot unserer Podcasts Daten. Wenn Sie der automatischen Übermittlung der Daten widersprechen wollen, klicken Sie hier: https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Es gibt eine gesellschaftliche Spaltung in Klassen, die wir politisch nicht ignorieren sollten, meint unser Gast. Außerdem: Merz ist bei der Wahl für ein Amt gescheitert - mal wieder. Und: Papstmacht nach der Papstwahl. Von WDR 5.

Das Weltkriegsende verdient eher einen Feiertag als viele christliche Anlässe, sagt unser Gast. Weniger Israel, vielmehr die Hamas sollte die neue Bundesregierung ermahnen, meint unser Kollege. Unser Host schaut auf Merz' erste Amtshandlungen. Von WDR 5.

Die Union entfernt sich zunehmend vom Christentum, sagt unser Gast. Außerdem: Das Gutachten des Bundesverfassungsschutzes zur AfD sollte veröffentlicht werden, meint unser Kollege. Unser Host beschäftigt sich mit dem Verhältnis der Union zur Linken. Von WDR 5.

Nach dem Schreck bei der Kanzlerwahl beginnt jetzt die Arbeit für Merz. Wir sprechen über die drängendsten Aufgaben des neuen Bundeskanzlers und ob er diesen gewachsen ist.

Bundesministerin für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugendliche – dieses Amt soll Karin Prien von der CDU in der neuen Regierung übernehmen. In Bildungspolitik ist sie erfahren, war Bildungsministerin in Schleswig-Holstein. Doch im Bund kommen schwierige Aufgaben auf sie zu.

Germany is in political upheaval after an unprecedented post-election fallout. Despite winning the parliamentary majority, Friedrich Merz and the CDU failed to secure enough votes to form a government, marking a historic rejection of the presumed chancellor. This episode unpacks the dramatic rise of the AfD, the collapse of establishment coalitions, and the German deep state's attempt to suppress a surging populist wave.--Join me and Ross Givens this Thursday, May 8th at 3pm EST and learn how you can use the same insider information Pelosi and others have used to make MILLIONS. You're not going to want to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime FREE TRAINING! Click here to register TODAY!!https://turleytalksinsidertrading.com/registration/?tambid=18762*The content presented by sponsors may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.*Leave a message for Steve! Call now! 717-844-5984Highlights:"Merz, being a lapdog for the European establishment, has deliberately shut out the AfD from power and decided instead to coalition with the SPD, the Social Democrats who were just voted out of power.”“The AfD has now officially surpassed the CDU as the number one most popular party in the nation… This is absolutely unprecedented. We haven't seen anything like this in German politics for over 70 years.”“The supposedly anti-democratic AfD is suing the German government for its radically anti-democracy efforts against the AfD.”“ Merz hasn't even assumed office yet, and he's already the most unpopular Chancellor in German historyTimestamps: [00:21] Friedrich Merz of CDU wins the election, but fails to secure a governing majority[02:12] CDU refuses to form coalition with AfD (who placed in second)[04:38] AfD overtakes CDU in national polls as backlash grows[07:39] German intelligence labels AfD "extremist," sparking legal and political firestorm[09:26] Merz began backtracking on all of his campaign promises, didn't get the votes to be Chancellor --Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.FOLLOW me on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalksSign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts to get lots of articles on conservative trends: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe-to-our-newsletter**The use of any copyrighted material in this podcast is done so for educational and informational purposes only including parody, commentary, and criticism. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). It is believed that this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

He had the votes, he had a new coalition sealed in writing and ratified by party members, so it seemed like a formality. But Friedrich Merz's lifelong dream of finally becoming German chancellor had to be deferred by a few hours, with the 69-year-old Conservative falling at the first hurdle as backbenchers sent a signal. A hastily organised second round cancelled out what history may decide to be just a blip. But still, why did Merz fall six seats short in the first secret ballot? Who rebelled inside what now seems like a fragile coalition between Conservatives and Social Democrats?Germany's Trump and Putin-backed far-right co-leader was quick to call for snap elections. Alice Weidel was savouring her revenge after German domestic intelligence last week qualified her Nazi-rooted party as an extremist group, a status that could in theory lead to a ban for an AfD that polled second on 20 percent in February's elections. The moment of wavering in Berlin is also rattling the script in Brussels and Paris, both of which bank on the return of Germany as a strong and steady driver of reform; a nation that just scrapped its fiscal purity rules to level up after decades of chronic underfunding of infrastructure and defence.Now, with the new coalition in Berlin looking over its shoulder, with far-right challenges in upcoming Romanian and Polish elections, all of Europe is asking: will the centre hold?

Friedrich Merz wird nach einem gescheiterten ersten Versuch doch noch zum Bundeskanzler gewählt. Und im politischen Berlin kursieren Theorien zu den Abweichlern und ihren Motiven. Das ist die Lage am Dienstagabend. Die Artikel zum Nachlesen: Liveblog zur neuen Bundesregierung: Steinmeier ernennt Merz zum Kanzler Suche nach Abweichlern bei der SPD: Sind es die Gegner von Klingbeil oder die von Merz? +++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

Friedrich Merz wird nach zweitem Wahlgang zum Bundeskanzler gewählt, Zur dramatischen Kanzlerwahl Reaktionen aus der CDU und aus Frankreich, Die Meinung, Weitere Nachrichten im Überblick, Letzte Vorbereitungen für das Konklave zur Wahl eines neuen Papstes, Das Wetter

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells CNBC that the White House is involved in talks with 18 key trading partners and that some deals are imminent. Ford suspends its outlook and reveals a $2.5bn loss as tariff uncertainty weighs. In Germany, the CDU's Friedrich Merz is to become Chancellor later today following his party's grand coalition agreement with the SPD. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Er hat lange hat er auf seine Chance hingearbeitet. Er hat als Wahlsieger „Rambo Zambo“ für seine Wahlparty ausgerufen. Er hat sich auf eine Koalition mit der ungeliebten SPD eingelassen, weil politisch und rechnerisch nichts anderes ging. Und nun ist Friedrich Merz der erste Kanzlerkandidat der bundesdeutschen Geschichte, der im ersten Wahlgang die Kanzlermehrheit verfehlt und es erst im zweiten Anlauf ins Kanzleramt schafft. Wer aber hat Merz auf dem Weg dorthin diesen Denkzettel verpasst? Und was genau steht auf diesem Denkzettel? Welche Verantwortung trägt Friedrich Merz selbst für sein Scheitern im ersten Wahlgang? Und wie belastet ist nun seine Regierungskoalition, bevor sie überhaupt mit der Arbeit angefangen hat? Sprechen wir darüber mit dem Politikwissenschaftler Albrecht von Lucke, mit Gabriela Keller vom Recherche-Netzwerk CORRECTIV, mit dem Merz-Weggefährten Karl Schneider aus dem CDU-Kreisverband Hochsauerland und mit dem Schauspieler und Merz-Imitator David Zimmerschied. Podcast-Tipp: Berlin Code "Berlin Code" ist der Politik-Podcast aus dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio. Linda Zervakis schaut mit den ARD-Korrespondentinnen und -korrespondenten jede Woche hinter die Kulissen der Bundespolitik. Zusammen entschlüsseln sie Reden, Texte, Vorgänge und Entscheidungen, analysieren die bedeutenden Themen und greifen das auf, was im Nachrichten-Alltag manchmal zu kurz kommt. "Berlin Code" gibt es jeden Freitagnachmittag und wann immer etwas Besonderes passiert in der ARD-Audiothek. https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/berlin-code-mit-linda-zervakis/14053111/

Sentiment in the equities complex hit after HKMA said it has been lowering its duration in US treasury holdings; the exchange fund has been diversifying into non-US assets; ES -0.7%, NQ -1%.Germany's CDU leader Merz fails to be elected as Chancellor, a decision which has sparked pressure in European bourses leading to underperformance in the DAX 40.USD on the backfoot, JPY leads the majors, EUR upside stalled in reaction to Merz updates.Bunds boosted on Merz, though the move has since pared, Gilts underperform.Crude and gold remain firm amid escalating geopolitics.Looking ahead, US International Trade, Canadian Exports/Imports, NZ HLFS Unemployment Rate, EIA STEO, Comments from BoE's Breeden, Supply from the US. Earnings from AMD, Supermicro, Rivian, Tempus AI, Celsius, Datadog, Constellation Energy, UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo & Ferrari.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk

Governo moçambicano anuncia redução do preço das portagens. Em Angola, campos minados ainda ameaçam o progresso no Corredor do Lobito. Toma posse hoje o novo chanceler alemão Friedrich Merz.

Alemanha: Depois de um golpe pela manhã, Friedrich Merz acaba por ser eleito chanceler. Angola: CEDESA defende que o país atravessa uma “transformação significativa” na sua legitimidade política. Alemanha: 50 anos da redação de português para África da DW, o jornalista Moura Jorge conta a sua experiência na nossa redação.

Veel bedrijven durven de schade van de handelsoorlog nog niet in te schatten, maar Philips hoort daar niet bij. Het bedrijf geeft toe dat het dit jaar minder winst gaat maken. Sterker nog: misschien eindigt ook dit jaar weer in de verliezen. Dat komt vooral door die heffingenoorlog tussen China en de VS. Alles bij elkaar gaat dat Philips tussen de 250 en 300 miljoen euro kosten. Desondanks boekt Philips het eerste kwartaal nog een kleine winst. Maar voor hoe lang nog? Dat bespreken we deze aflevering. Daarnaast hebben we het over Palantir, dat ondanks giga-groei wordt afgestraft op Wall Street. Het bedrijf dat software maakt, vooral voor het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie, boekte bijna 40 procent meer omzet dan een jaar geleden, ruim boven de verwachting. En die verwachting voor de rest van het jaar wordt ook verhoogd. Eén analist noemt de cijfers zelfs 'om in te lijsten en in het Louvre te hangen'. We vertellen je waarom beleggers toch niet onder de indruk zijn. We kijken nog even naar het nieuwe superwapen van de EU in de strijd tegen Trumps handelsoorlog: een nieuw pakket aan tegenheffingen, ter waarde van 100 miljard euro. Verder heeft Ebusco wéér op het laatste moment een faillissement afgewend: daar was wel de zoveelste kapitaalinjectie voor nodig. En lang verwacht, toch gekomen: bezorgreus DoorDash doet een bod op concurrent Deliveroo, en het bestuur van Deliveroo is akkoord. Voor een kleine 4 miljard dollar koopt het Amerikaanse DoorDash de Britse concurrent. Daarmee heeft Deliveroo er dus nog een paar honderd miljoen dollar extra uitgesleept.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friedrich Merz wird erst im zweiten Wahlgang zum 10. Bundeskanzler gewählt. Wir sprechen über die unerwartete Zitterpartie mit dem Leiter unserer Parlamentsredaktion, Eckart Lohse.

Este martes, el conservador Friedrich Merz, que sustituye al socialdemócrata Olaf Scholz, acudirá al Bundestag para convertirse en el nuevo canciller de Alemania. Esto ocurre tras el acuerdo de coalición al que llegaron este pasado lunes los conservadores y los socialdemócratas. En Las Mañanas de RNE, analizamos esta nueva era en el Parlamento alemán con Maria Lingsminat, politóloga de la Universidad Libre de Berlín."Los socialdemócratas quieren gobernar porque su posición es mucho más débil que la de los conservadores. Preguntaron a sus militantes si querían entrar en la coalición o no, y un 84 % votó que sí, porque es una situación bastante grave en la que nos encontramos", explica la politóloga.Respecto al trabajo que le espera al nuevo canciller alemán, resalta que tendrá que enfrentarse a "muchos retos en las diferentes áreas, ya sea la economía, ya sea la política interna, ya sea la política internacional". "La AfD está mejor que nunca, y yo siempre digo que la mejor medida antifascista es resolver los problemas reales de la gente y no demonizar al extranjero", asegura Lingsminat.Por último, añade la entrevistada, queda por ver si desde la CDU van "a reforzar la sociedad civil o pensar, bueno, nos conviene porque nosotros también somos conservadores".Escuchar audio

durée : 00:02:11 - Le grand format - En Allemagne, Friedrich Merz a échoué ce mardi à être élu chancelier au premier. Le chef de la CDU a promis de mettre l'accent sur la sécurité intérieure et l'économie. Qu'attendent de lui les Allemands ? Reportage dans la circonscription de Brilon, dont Friedrich Merz est député.

Friedrich Merz wird nach zweitem Wahlgang zum Bundeskanzler gewählt, Zur dramatischen Kanzlerwahl Reaktionen aus der CDU und aus Frankreich, Die Meinung, Weitere Nachrichten im Überblick, Letzte Vorbereitungen für das Konklave zur Wahl eines neuen Papstes, Das Wetter

In der neuen Legislaturperiode wird die AfD als größte Oppositionspartei eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Vor allem die CDU ringt mit dem richtigen Umgang.

Axel Naumer und Henning Bornemann lichten den weißen Rauch über Berlin, feiern 100 Tage Trump und begrüßen Luksan Wunder. Von WDR 5 Satire Deluxe.

(Note: This episode is from Tonight with Dr. Steve's special Thursday livestream.)Germany's AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) has officially overtaken the CDU to become the most popular party in the entire country for the first time in post-WWII history. Learn more about the latest Forsa and Ipsos polling data and find out how CDU's betrayal of its base accelerated the AfD's rise, and why this is a massive win for the nationalist-populist wave sweeping Europe. Could this be the final nail in the coffin for liberal globalism in the EU? In the second part of this episode, President Trump's new Election Integrity Task Force is here, and it's making waves. Led by former Trump attorney Alina Habba and backed by the FBI and DHS, the task force is targeting bloated voter rolls and prosecuting election fraud. We break down what this means for 2025 and why voter ID laws matter more than ever. Election data expert Seth Keshel joins us to expose the truth behind the numbers and the fight to restore trust in our elections.Check out Seth's Substack Here! https://skeshel.substack.com/ Check out Seth on X Here! https://x.com/RealSKeshel--Head over to http://PureHealthResearch.com and Use code TURLEY to save 35%Get Your Free Gold Report Now At http://turleytalkslikesgold.com.*The content presented by sponsors may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.*--Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.FOLLOW me on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalksSign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts to get lots of articles on conservative trends: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe-to-our-newsletter**The use of any copyrighted material in this podcast is done so for educational and informational purposes only including parody, commentary, and criticism. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). It is believed that this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

This week, we unpack a dramatic week for the Iberian energy system. On 28 April, Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France were plunged into darkness by a massive grid failure, affecting millions of people. We investigate what went wrong.We then turn to Spain's hydrogen sector, where a new offshore pilot project and a national support scheme suggest the momentum for renewable hydrogen is returning. We also unpack updates from Germany's solar and hydrogen sectors, with auction results and new grants on the way.Finally, we examine the implications of Germany's new CDU-led coalition, set to take office under Friedrich Merz. What will this mean for the country's climate targets, hydrogen priorities, and controversial policies on nuclear and heating? Will the new government reset Germany's energy diplomacy on the European stage?Plus: Insight on what to expect at the Financing European Renewables Summit in Madrid this June.Send us a textReach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaListen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers. Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

Estou farto de política, por isso juntei alguns amigos para falar sobre a vida. Bom Partido é uma minissérie de sete conversas com os líderes dos partidos que vão a votos nestas Legislativas. Estreia-se no Domingo, 4 de maio, no YouTube, em parceria com a Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. Também disponível em podcast, em parceria com o Expresso e a Sic Notícias.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LdN429 SPD und CDU stimmen für KOA-Vertrag, Union stellt Minister:innen vor, Quereinsteiger im Kabinett, Kulturstaatsminister Weimer umstritten, Kulturkampf in der Union, Stromausfall in Spanien, Elektronische Patientenakte gestartet, Aufruf: Handys an Schulen

Die Themen: Beleidigungen im Straßenverkehr; SPD-Mitglieder:innen stimmen für Koalition mit CDU und CSU; Klingbeil wird Finanzminister und Vizekanzler; Die SPD und Saskia Esken; Der künftige Agrarminister Alois Rainer plant eine Kehrtwende in der Fleisch-Politik; Rentenerhöhung 2025 endgültig beschlossen; Antonio Rüdiger gesperrt; Einen Klaps auf den Po halten 31 Prozent der Deutschen für angebrachte Erziehungsmethode; Kind zerkratzt Gemälde in Museum. Host der heutigen Folge ist Markus Feldenkirchen (DER SPIEGEL). Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/ApokalypseundFilterkaffee

El presidente Trump cumple 100 días en el poder. Han sido unas semanas en las que apenas se ha dejado de hablar, para mal sobre todo, del líder republicano, que insiste en que todo va muy bien y en que es el mejor presidente de la historia de su país.Les hablaremos también acerca del aumento de la tensión entre India y Pakistan tras el atentado en la región de Cachemira. También estaremos en Alemania para conocer los detalles sobre el apoyo de los afiliados del SPD a que se forme coalición con la CDU. El principal organismo de vigilancia en materia de cambio climático en el Reino Unido ha publicado hoy un informe que deja en mal lugar al gobierno laborista de Keir Starmer. Hablaremos de ello. También tendremos una entrevista sobre la situación en República Democrática del Congo y hablaremos sobre cómics que, a través de viñetas y bocadillos, nos acercan la realidad de otros países.Escuchar audio

Bei der Abstimmung über das künftige Verhältnis der Schweiz mit der EU soll es nur ein Volksmehr, nicht aber ein Ständemehr brauchen. Das hat der Bundesrat entschieden. Bei den Gegnern des EU-Vertragspakets sorgt das für heftige Kritik. (00:00) Intro und Schlagzeilen (01:31) Bundesrat: Einfaches Volksmehr soll über EU-Verträge entscheiden (09:36) Nachrichtenübersicht (13:41) Neues Tarifsystem für ambulante Leistungen (18:23) SPD-Parteibasis stimmt Koalitionsvertrag mit CDU und CSU zu (22:13) Wie Chinas Unternehmen versuchen, US-Zölle zu umgehen (26:15) Tunesien: politischer Prozess gegen Oppositionelle (32:11) Wer folgt auf Papst Franziskus? (37:22) Kann die Tour de Romandie finanziell überleben?

SPD-Mitglieder stimmen für Koalitionsvertrag mit CDU und CSU, Letzte Kabinettssitzung mit Bundeskanzler Scholz, Offenbar Sicherheitsmängel bei der elektronischen Patientenakte, US-Präsident Trump zieht Fazit nach 100 Tagen im Amt, 50 Jahre Kriegsende in Vietnam, Stadionkletterer bei EM-Spiel bekommt Rechnung, Venusgrotte im Schlosspark von Linderhof nach Restaurierung wiedereröffnet, Das Wetter

Jetzt ist es raus, mit welcher Truppe Merz für die kommenden Jahre plant. Aber welche Namen aus der Union müssen wir uns besonders gut merken? WDR 2 Satiriker Tobias Mann über das neue Minister-Team von Friedrich Merz. Von Tobias Mann.

Doch keine Hilfe für afghanische Ortskräfte? – Tausende Menschen haben bis 2021 in Afghanistan als Ortskräfte für die Deutschen gearbeitet. Nun sind sie von den Taliban bedroht. Deutschland hat versprochen, noch einige aufzunehmen. Doch wird das wirklich passieren?

Ursache für Stromausfall in Spanien und Portugal weiter unklar, Risiko für Stromausfall in Deutschland gering, SPD-Mitgliedervotum über Koalitionsvertrag mit CDU und CSU endet, Ex-Mitarbeiter von AfD-Politiker Krah wegen Spionage angeklagt, Viele Kinder und Jugendliche in Deutschland von Armut bedroht, Liberale Partei siegt bei Parlamentswahl in Kanada, Menschenrechte weltweit in tiefer Krise laut Amnesty International, Drei Tote durch Schüsse in Schweden, ESA-Satellit „Biomass“ für die Vermessung von tropischen Regenwäldern ins All gestartet, Laut DLRG wieder mehr Schwimmabzeichen, Das Wetter

Americans, it's time to move to Europe! The American geo-strategist Jason Pack anticipated last week's advice from Simon Kuper and moved to London a few years ago during the first Trump Presidency. Pack, the host of the excellent Disorder podcast, confesses to be thrilled to have escaped MAGA America. He describes the esthetics of contemporary Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" and criticizes what he sees as the Trump administration's hostile atmosphere, ideological purity tests, and institutional destruction. Contrasting this with Europe's ideological fluidity, Pack warns that Trump's isolationist policies are increasing global disorder by fundamentally undermining America's global leadership role with its erstwhile European allies. Five Key Takeaways* Pack left America because he found the "esthetics" of working in policy and media spaces increasingly distasteful, particularly during Trump's first administration.* He argues that European political systems allow for greater ideological fluidity, while American politics demands strict partisan loyalty.* Pack describes Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" with institutions functioning like zombies - going through motions without accomplishing anything meaningful.* Unlike European populists who want to control institutions, Pack believes Trump's administration aims to destroy government institutions entirely.* Pack warns that America's deteriorating relationships with traditional allies is creating a "rudderless world" with increased global disorder and potential for conflict. Full TranscriptAndrew Keen: Hello, everybody. Over the last few days, we've been focusing on the impressions of America, of Trump's America around the world. We had the Financial Times' controversial columnist, Simon Cooper, on the show, arguing that it's the end of the American dream. He had a piece in the FT this week, arguing that it's time to move to Europe for Americans. Not everyone agrees. We had the London-based FT writer Jemima Kelly on the show recently, also suggesting that she hasn't quite given up on America. She is, of course, a Brit living in the UK and looking at America from London. My guest today, another old friend, is Jason Pack. He is the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason's been on the shows lots of times before. He's an observer of the world's early 21st century disorder. And he is an American living in London. So I'm thrilled that Jason is back on the show. Jason, did you have a chance to look at Simon Cooper's piece? Is it time for Americans to move to Europe?Jason Pack: You've already moved. Well, he's just popularizing what I've believed for eight or 10 years already. So yeah, I looked at the piece. I really enjoyed your podcast with him. I don't think many Americans will move because most Americans are not particularly global in their outlook. And as disenchanted as they will be, their networks of family and of perspective are in America. Some elites in media and finance will move. But for me, I just found the aesthetics of America becoming distasteful when I worked in D.C. during the first Trump administration. And that's why I pursued a European citizenship.Andrew Keen: Jason, it's interesting that you choose the word aesthetics. Two thoughts on that. Firstly, America has never been distinguished for its aesthetics. People never came to America for aesthetics. It's never been a particularly beautiful country, a very dynamic place, a very powerful place. So why do you choose that word aesthetic?Jason Pack: Because for most upper middle class Americans, life under Trump, particularly if they're white and heterosexual, will not change tremendously. But the aesthetics of working in the policy space or in the media will change. Having to deal with all the BS that we hear when we wake up and turn on the TV in the morning, having to interact with Republican nutcase friends who say, oh, the fat is being trimmed by the doge and don't worry about all those people who've been being laid off. The aesthetics of it are ugly and mean. And I have found among some Republican colleagues and friends of mine that they love the vileness of this dog-eat-dog aesthetic.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's an interesting way of putting it. And I understand exactly what you're saying. I'm less concerned with the aesthetics as with the reality. And my sense in some ways of what's happening is that the Trump people are obsessed with what you call aesthetics. They want to appear mean. I'm not actually sure that they're quite as mean as they'd like to think they are.Jason Pack: Oh, they're pretty mean. I mean, people are running around the NIH offices, according to colleagues of mine. And if you're out to the bathroom and your card is inserted in your computer, they go in, they steal the data from your computer.Andrew Keen: Actually, I take your point. What I meant more by that is that whereas most traditional authoritarian regimes hide their crimes against migrants. They deny wrongdoing. My sense of the Trump regime, or certainly a lot of the people involved in this Trump administration, is that they actually exaggerate it because it gives them pleasure and it somehow benefits their brand. I'm not convinced that they're quite as bad as they'd like to think.Jason Pack: Oh, I agree with that. They make Schadenfreude a principle. They want to showcase that they enjoy other people's pain. It's a bizarre psychological thing. Trump, for example, wanted to show his virility and his meanness, probably because he's an inner coward and he's not that feral. But we digress in terms of the aesthetics of the individual American wanting to leave. I experienced American government, like the State Department, and then, the bureaucracy of the policy space, say think tanks, or even the government relations trade space, say working for oil companies and government relations, as already authoritarian and ass-kissing in America, and the aesthetics of those industries I have always preferred in Europe, and that's only diverging.Andrew Keen: One of the things that always struck me about Washington, D.C. It was always uncomfortable as an imperial city. It always has been since the end of the Second World War, with America dominating the world as being one of two or perhaps the only super power in the world. But Washington, DC seems to always have been uncomfortable wearing its imperial mantle cloak in comparison, I think, to cities like London or Paris. I wonder whether, I'm not sure how much time you've spent back in America since Trump came back to power. I wonder if in that sense DC is trying to catch up with London and Paris.Jason Pack: I actually was giving a briefing in Congress to staffers of the House Foreign Affairs Committee only three weeks ago, and DC seemed post-apocalyptic to me. Many of my favorite restaurants were closing. There was traffic jams at bizarre hours of the day, which I think this is because the Trump people don't know how public transport works and they just ride their cars everywhere. So, yes, it seemed very bizarre being back. You were trying to gauge the interlocutor you were speaking to, were they merely pretending to be on board with Trump's stuff, but they actually secretly think it's ridiculous, or were they true believers? And you had to assess that before you would make your comments. So there is a slide to a kind of, again, neo-authoritarian aesthetic. In my conference, it became clear that the Republican Congressional staffers thought that it was all junk and that Trump doesn't care about Libya and he doesn't understand these issues. But we needed to make lip service in how we expressed our recommendations. So, fascinatingly, various speakers said, oh, there's a transactional win. There's a way that cheaper oil can be gotten here or we could make this policy recommendation appeal to the transactional impulses of the administration. Even though everyone knew that we were speaking in a Democrat echo-chamber where the only Republicans present were anti-Trump Republicans anyway.Andrew Keen: Describe DC as post-apocalyptic. What exactly then, Jason, is the apocalypse?Jason Pack: I don't think that the Trump people who are running the show understand how government works and whether you're at state or the NIH or USAID, you're kind of under siege and you're just doing what you're supposed to do and going through the motions. I mean, there's so much of like the zombie apocalypse going on. So maybe it's more zombie apocalypse than regular apocalypse, whereby the institutions are pretending to do their work, but they know that it doesn't accomplish anything. And the Trumpian appointees are kind of pretending to kind of cancel people on DAI, but the institutions are still continuing.Andrew Keen: I'm going to vulgarize something you said earlier. You talked about Trump wanting to appear bigger than he actually is. Maybe we might call that small penis syndrome. Is that, and then that's my term, Jason, let's be clear, not yours. Maybe it's fair or not. He probably would deny it, but I don't think he'll come on this show. He's more than welcome. Is that also reflected in the people working for him? Is there a bit of a small penis syndrome going on with a lot of the Trump people? Are they small town boys coming to America, coming to D.C. And in all their raison d'état trying to smash up the world that they always envied?Jason Pack: 100%. If you look at the Tucker Carlson and the Hegset, who went to Princeton in 03, and obviously Tucker Carlsen's WASP elite background is well known, they wanted to make it conventionally and couldn't. Hegson didn't achieve the rank of lieutenant general or colonel or anything in the army. He didn't make it in finance and Vance, obviously had just a minor career in finance, they didn't make the big time except through their hate and resentment of the establishment that succeeded on merit. So, I mean, you could call that small penis syndrome. I think another thing to point out is that many of them have been selected because whether they've been accused of rape or financial crimes or just meanness, they owe the great leader their ability to be in that position. And if he would throw them overboard they're entirely exposed, so that cash patels of the world and the Hexeds of the world serve at the mercy of the great leader, because if they were thrown to the wolves, they could be devoured for their misdeeds. And I think that that makes it a place where it's all about loyalty to the boss. But maybe we could pivot to the initial topic about how I think Europe is a place where you can reinvent yourself as an individual now. Certainly in the political and ideology space, and America really hasn't been for much of my left.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. And this is how actually our conversation you're doing. You're a much better podcast host than I am, Jason. You're reminding us of the real conversation rather than getting led down one Trumpian byway or another. I did a show recently on why I still believe in the American dream. And I was interviewed by my friend, David Maschiottra, another old friend of the show. And I suggested I originally came to America to reinvent myself and that's always been the platform with which Europeans have come to America. You're suggesting that perhaps the reverse is true now.Jason Pack: I really enjoyed that episode. I thought you were a great guest and he was a natural host. But I realized how it wasn't speaking to me. Many of my European friends who work in law, finance, tech, startup, you know, they finished their degrees in Italy or in England and they moved to America. And that's where they raised venture capital and they go on the exact success trajectory that you explained and they fetishize, oh my God, when my green card is gonna come through, I'm gonna have this big party. That never resonated with me because America was never a land of opportunity for me. And it hit me in hearing your podcast that that's because what I've aspired to is to work in government slash think tank or to be a professional expert. And if you don't ally yourself with one of the major political movements, you're always branded and you can never move ahead. I'll give a few examples if you're interested in the way that my trying to be in the center has meant that I could never find a place in America.Andrew Keen: Absolutely. So you're suggesting that your quote-unquote American dream could only be realized in Europe.Jason Pack: So I moved to the Middle East to serve my country after 9/11. If Gore had been elected president, I likely would have joined the army or the Marines or something. But Bush was president and I knew I needed to do this on my own. So, you know, I lived in Beirut, then I went to Iraq. Where did you graduate from, Jason? I graduated from Williams in 2002, but I was changing my studies as soon as the 9-11 happened. I stopped my senior thesis in biology and I pivoted to doing the Middle East. I thought the Middle East was going to be the next big thing. But I didn't realize that if you wanted to do it your own way, for example, living in Syria prior to working in government, then you couldn't get those security clearances. But in the UK, that's not really a problem. If you go to Leeds or Oxford and you got sent to study Arabic in Syria, you can work for the UK government, but not in America. If your went and did that your own way, your loyalties would be questioned. You wouldn't get your security clearance. I got an internship to work at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, where I fell afoul of my supervisors because I was someone who wanted to speak in Arabic with Omanis and, for example, go to hear prayers at the mosque and really be a part of the society. And I was told, don't do that. But aren't we here to understand about Oman? And they're like, no, it's really important to mostly socialize with people at the embassy. But my British colleagues, they were out there in Omani society, and they were, for example, really participating in stuff because the relationship between the Omanis and the Brits and the Americans is a happy one. That's just a small example, but I wanna make the kind of further point, which is that if you wanna get promoted in think tank world in America, it doesn't matter whether it's Cato or Heritage on the right or New America Foundation or Middle East Institute on the left. You have to buy in hook, line, and sinker to the party line of those institutions. And if that party line is DEI, as it was at the Middle East Institute when I was there, and you're a white heterosexual male, you're not going to get promoted. And if, for example, you want to then interact with some Zionist think tank like FDD, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, I was going to a fellowship there for work that I had done about monitoring ISIS in Libya, and they had proposed a funding line for my project, which was just technically reading jihadi Facebook posts and monitoring them. And then they did some more research on me, ironically, after we had already signed the funds. And they said, oh, we're so sorry, we are going to have to pull back on this. We are going have to pay you a kill fee. We are really, really sorry. And I came to understand why that was. And it was because I had advocated that the Iranians should be allowed to get the bomb so that they could have mutually assured destruction theory with Israel.Andrew Keen: Well, Jason, I take your point, but everyone has their own narrative when it comes to why their career didn't did or didn't take off and how they know what that doesn't happen in Europe. I'm just making a contrast. Let me just come back to my argument about America, which is it isn't necessarily as straightforward as perhaps at first it seems. I think one of the reasons why America has always been a great place for reinvention is because of the absence of memory.Jason Pack: No, but what I'm saying is Google will inspire on you, and if you're not within the ideological cadre, you cannot progress at these kind of institutions.Andrew Keen: Okay, I take your point on that, but thinking more broadly, America is a place where you can, I've done so many different things in this country from being a scholar to being an internet entrepreneur to being an expert on technology to being a critic of technology to being against podcasts, to being a podcaster. And you can get away, and I've failed in practically all of them, if not all of them, but the fact is that because people don't have memory, you can keep on doing different things and people won't say, well, how can you get away with this? Last week you were doing X. My sense, and maybe correct me if I'm wrong about London or Europe, is there is much more memory. You can't get away with perpetual reinvention in Europe as you can in the U.S. and maybe that's because of the fact that in your language, living in Europe with its memory and respect for memory is more aesthetically pleasing. So I'm not suggesting this is as simple as it might appear.Jason Pack: I agree with that last point, but I think I'm trying to bring something else out. In spheres like tech or podcasting, there isn't credentialism in America. And therefore, if you're just good at it, you don't need the credentials and you can get going. And you and other Europeans who had great merit, as you do, have benefited from that. And in Europe, you might run up against credentialism, but, oh, but you didn't work at the BBC, so you don't get the job. I'm making a different point about ideological purity within the very specific realms of, say, working for an American presidential candidate or briefing a policymaker or rising up at a think tank. I have briefed labor MPs, Lib Dem MPs and Tory MPs. And they don't ask my politics. I can go in there and get a meeting with Keir Starmer's people on Libya, and they don't care about the fact that I want him to do something slightly different. Criticized him and praised him at different times on my podcast, try having an influence with some Trump people and then say, Oh, well, you know, I really think that I can help you on this Libya policy, but I happened to run a fairly anti-Trump podcast. No, you just can't get the briefing because America is about ideological purity tests and getting your ticket punch in the government and think tank and exporting professions, and therefore it's not some place you can reinvent yourself. If you're clearly an anti-Trump Republican McCainite, you can't all of a sudden become an AOC Democrat for the purpose of one meeting. But in Europe you can, because you can be a Lib Dem like Liz Truss and then be a Tory Prime Minister. And no one cares what my position on these topics are when they ask me to brief Keir Starmer's people and that's something that I find so fantastic about Europe.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, you know this stuff better than I do. But isn't someone like Truss rooted in ideological purity? She was a Lib Dem when she was at Oxford. Yeah, but that was a long time ago. I can reverse that, Jason, and say, well, when Trump was young, he ran around with Bill and Hillary Clinton, he went to their wedding, he funded them. He never was even a Republican until 2014 or 15. So, I mean, he's an example of the very ideological fluidity that you idealize in Europe.Jason Pack: I agree with your point. I think that he's an exception there and he wouldn't have allowed it from his staffers. They now have essentially loyalty tested everything. It's not a place where if you were Democrat with ideas that would benefit the Trumpian establishment, you can be heard. I'll give an example. I like the Abraham Accords and I have a colleague who wants to help extend the Abraham Accords to Pakistan, she can only work with ideologically pure Republicans in the pitching of this idea. She can't work with someone like me because I don't have the ideological purity, even though this is a nonpartisan idea and it should be embraced if you can get the Trumpians to be interested in it. But that's not how America works and it has not been. Reagan, of course, if you said that you like taxes, and I'm someone who likes taxes and I don't believe in the Laffer curve, and neoliberalism is a sham, you couldn't be on that economic team. So there are different ideological tests. Trump was never a politician, so he's not an expert like me in the expert class where we've been litmus tested our whole careers.Andrew Keen: Interesting. Jason, yesterday I was talking to someone who was thinking of hiring me to do a speech in Europe to a business group, and we were discussing the kinds of speeches I could give, and one of the things I suggested was a defense of America, suggesting that we can believe in America and that everyone's wrong. And these people have hired me before. I've often made provocative counterintuitive arguments, there was a little bit of a silence and they said, you can't make that speech in Europe. No one will take it seriously to a business community. What's generally, I mean, you travel a lot, you talk to lots of different people. Have people really given up on the promise of America, particularly within the establishment, the business establishment, the political establishment?Jason Pack: I don't know. I think that many Europeans still think that this is a passing phase. I will comment on the fact that I do not see anti-Americanism in my daily life as a result of Trump, the way that, for example, you do see anti-Semitism as a results of Netanyahu's policy. The individual Jew is tarred by horrible things happening in Gaza, but the individual American is not tarred by the deporting and illegal detentions and sacking of people by Doge because people in Poland or London or even the Middle East understand that you're likely to not be a Trump supporter and they're not targeting you as an individual as a result of that. So I think they believe in the promise of America and they still might like to move to America. But on individual level if you want to be a political animal inside the beast of campaigns, rising up to be a David Axelrod kind of figure. America has been a place of these litmus tests. Whereas in Europe, you know, I feel that there's tremendous fluidity because in Italy they have so and so many political parties and in Germany, what's the distinction between the SPD at one moment in the CDU and the Greens and there's a tradition of coalitions that allows the individual to reinvent himself.Andrew Keen: One of the things that came up with Cooper, and he's certainly no defender of Marine Le Pen or Meloni in Italy, but he suggested that the Trump people are far to the right of Le Pen and Meloni. Would you agree with that?Jason Pack: Because they want to break down institutions, whereas Le Pen and Meloni simply want to conquer the institutions and use them. They're not full-blown, disordering neopopulists, to use the language of my disorder podcast. When Meloni is in power, she loves the Italian state and she wants it to function merely with her ideological slant. Whereas the Trumpians, they have a Bannonite wing, they don't simply wanna have a MAGA agenda, use the U.S. Government. No, they want to break the Department of Agriculture. They want to break the EPA. They simply want to destroy our institutions. And there's no European political party that wants that. Maybe on the fringe like reform, but reform probably doesn't even want that.Andrew Keen: But Jason, we've heard so much about how the Bannonites idealized Orban in Hungary. A lot of people believe that Project 2025 was cooked up in Budapest trying to model America on Orban. Is there any truth to that? I mean, are the Trump people really re-exporting Orbanism back into the United States?Jason Pack: That there is some truth, but it can be overplayed. It can go back further to Berlusconi. It's the idea that a particularly charismatic political leader can come to dominate the media landscape by either having a state media channel in the Berlusconi sense or cowing media coverage to make it more favorable, which is something that Orban has done geniusly, and then doling out contracts and using the state for patronage, say, Orban's father's construction business and all those concrete soccer stadiums. There is an attempt potentially in Trump land to, through an ideological project, cow the media and the checks and balances and have a one-party state with state media. I think it's going to be difficult for them to achieve, but Chuck Carlson and others and Bannon seem to want that.Andrew Keen: You were on Monocle recently talking about the Pope's death. J.D. Vance, of course, is someone who apparently had a last, one of the last conversations with the Pope. Pope wasn't particularly, Pope Francis wasn't particularly keen on him. Bannon and Vance are both outspoken Catholics. What's your take on the sort of this global religious movement on the part of right-wing Catholics, and how does it fit in, not only to the death of Francis, but perhaps the new Pope?Jason Pack: It's a very interesting question. I'm not a right-wing Catholic, so I'm really not in a position to...Andrew Keen: I thought you were Jason, that's why you could always come on the show.Jason Pack: I think that they don't have the theological bona fides to say that what they call Catholicism is Catholicism because obviously Jesus turned the other cheek, you know, and Jesus didn't want to punish his enemies and make poor black or Hispanic women suffer. But there is an interesting thing that has been going on since 1968, which is that there was a backlash against the student protests and free love and the condom and all the social changes that that brought about. And Catholics have been at the forefront, particularly Catholic institutions, in saying this has gone too far and we need to use religion to retake our society. And if we don't, no one will have children and we will lose out and the Muslims and Africans will rule the roost because they're having babies. And that right-wing Catholicism is caught up in the moral panic and culture wars since 1968. What I argued in the monocle interview that you referenced from earlier today is something quite different, which is that the Catholic Church has a unique kind of authority, and that that unique kind of authority can be used to stand up against Trump, Bannon, Orban, and other neopopulists in a way that, say, Mark Carney or Keir Starmer cannot, because if Mark Kearney and Keir Stormer say, you guys are not sufficiently correctly American and you're not following the American laws, blah, blah blah, the kind of Americans who support Trump are not convinced by that because they say, these are just, you know, pinko Brits and Canadians. I don't even care about Mark Kearny, but it's quite different if the next Pontiff is someone who comes not only from the school of Francis, but maybe more so is a great communicator vested in the real doctrines of the church, the Lateran Councils and Vatican too, and can say, actually this given thing that Trump has just said is not in line with the principles of Jesus. It's not inline with what the Vatican has said about, for example, migration or social equity. And I find that that is a unique opportunity because even the right-wing Catholics have to acknowledge the Pope and Christian doctrine and the ability of the Catholic hierarchy to say this is not in line with our teachings. So I think there's a very interesting opportunity right now.Andrew Keen: Perhaps that brings to mind Stalin's supposedly famous remarks to Churchill at Potsdam when they were talking about the Pope. Stalin said to Churchill, the Pope, how many divisions does he have? In other words, it's all about ideology, morality, and ultimately it doesn't really. It's the kind of thing that perhaps if some of the Trump people were as smart as Stalin, they might make the same remark.Jason Pack: That was a physical war, and the Pope didn't have divisions to sway the battles in World War II, but this is an ideological or an influence war. And the Pope, if you've just seen from media coverage over the last week, is someone who has tremendous media influence. And I do think that the new pontiff could, if he wanted to, stand up to the moral underpinnings of Trump and pull even the most right-wing Catholics away from a Trumpian analysis. Religion is supposed to be about, because Jesus didn't say punish your enemies. Don't turn the other cheek and own the libs. Jesus said something quite different than that. And it will be the opportunity of the new Catholic leader to point that out.Andrew Keen: I'm not sure if you've seen the movie Conclave, which was very prescient, made by my dear London friend, or at least produced by Tessa Ross at House Productions. But I wonder in these new conversations whether in the debates about who should the new Pope be, they'll mull over TikTok presence.Jason Pack: I hope they will. And I want to point out something that many people probably are not aware, which is that the College of Cardinals that constitutes the conclave does not have to pick one of their member to be pope. For the last six centuries, they have always chosen one of their own number, but they don't have to. So they could choose someone who has not only an ability to make great TikToks, but someone who can put forth a vision about climate change, about tax equity, for example, maybe about AI and what constitutes humanity from within the Catholic tradition, but reaching new faithful. And I think that they might actually consider we're doing this because in places like Western Europe, attendance is down, but in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it isn't. And in Africa, it's surging. So they may want to reach new millennials in Gen Z with a new message, but one which is rooted in their tradition. And I think that that would be a great counterbalance to what Trump and his ilk have done to how media coverage place things like climate change and migrants these days.Andrew Keen: Speaking of Trump and his ilk, Jason, lots of conversations here about the first cracks in his monolith. Speaking to me from London, I always look at the front page of The Telegraph, a conservative English newspaper. I refuse to give the money, so I never actually read any of the pieces. But I'm always curious as to the traditional conservative media attitude to Trump. What do not so much the Conservative Party, which seems to be in crisis in the UK, but what does Conservative media, Conservative thinkers, what's their take currently on Trump? Are you seeing a crack? Are people seeing this guy's absolutely insane and that the tariff policy is going to make all of us, everybody in the world poorer?Jason Pack: Well, Trump has always been a vote loser in the UK. So that even though Farage brags about his relationship, it isn't something that gets him more votes for reform. And whether it's Sunak or Badnak, and Badnak is the current leader of the Tory party, which is an opposition, she can't so closely associate herself with Trump because he's not popular in even right-wing British circles. However, the Tory media, like the telegraph and the spectator, they love the idea that he's owning the Libs. We talked about Schadenfreude, we talked about attacking the woke. The spectator has taken a very anti-woke turn over the last five to 10 years. And they love the ideal of pointing out the hypocrisies of the left and the effeminacy of it and all of that. And that gets them more clicks. So from a media perspective, there is a way in which the Murdoch media is always going to love the click bait, New York post bait of the Trump presidency. And that applies very much, you know, with the sun and the Daily Mail and the way that they cover media in this country.Andrew Keen: Although I was found in the U.S. That perhaps the newspaper that has been most persistently and usefully critical of Trump is the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by Murdoch.Jason Pack: Yeah, but that's a very highbrow paper, and I think that it's been very critical of the tariff policy and it said a lot of intelligent things about Trump's early missteps. It doesn't reach the same people as the New York Post or the Daily Mail do.Andrew Keen: Finally, Jason, let's go back to Disorder, your excellent podcast. You started it a couple of years ago before this new Trump madness. You were always one of the early people on this global disorder. How much more disordered can the world become? Of course, it could become more disorded in terms of war. In late April 2025, is the world more disordered than it was in April 2024, when Biden was still in power? I mean, we still have these wars in Gaza, in Ukraine, doesn't seem as if that much has changed, or am I wrong?Jason Pack: I take your point, but I'm using disorder in a particularly technical sense in a way by which I mean the inability of major powers to coordinate together for optimal solutions. So in the Biden days of last year, yes, the Ukraine and Gaza wars may be waging, but if Jake Sullivan or Blinken were smarter or more courageous, they could host a summit and work together with their French and British and Argentinian allies. Put forth some solutions. The world is more disordered today because it doesn't have a leader. It doesn't have institutions, the UN or NATO or the G7 where those solutions on things like the Ukraine war attacks could happen. And you may say, but wait, Jason, isn't Trump actually doing more leadership? He's trying to bring the Ukrainians and the Russians to the table. And I would say he isn't. They're not proposing actual solutions. They don't care about solving underlying issues. They're merely trying to get media wins. He wants the Japanese to come to Washington to have the semblance of a new trade deal, not a real trade deal. He's trying to reorder global finance in semblance, not in reality. So the ability to come to actual solutions through real coordinating mechanisms where I compromise with you is much weaker than it was last year. And on the Disorder Podcast, we explore all these domains from tax havens to cryptocurrency to cyber attacks. And I think that listeners of Keen On would really enjoy how we delve into those topics and try to see how they reflect where we're at in the global system.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's a strongly, I would strongly agree with you. I would encourage all keen on listeners to listen to Disorder and vice versa if this gets onto the Disorder podcast. What about the China issue? How structural is the tariff crisis, if that's the right word, gonna change US relations with China? Is this the new Cold War, Jason?Jason Pack: I'm not an economist, but from what I've been told by the economists I've interviewed on my podcast, it's absolutely completely game changing because whether it's an Apple iPhone or most pieces of manufactured kit that you purchase or inputs into American manufacturing, it's assembled everywhere and the connections between China and America are essential to the global economy. Work and it's not like you can all of a sudden move those supply chains. So this trade war is really a 1930s style beggar thy neighbor approach to things and that led to and deepened the great depression, right? So I am very worried. I had the sense that Trump might back off because he does seem to be very sensitive to the markets. But maybe this is such an ideological project and, you know, Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC was just saying, even though he's willing to back off if the T bill rate changes, he thinks that his strategy is working and that he's going to get some deals. And that terrifies me because that's not what's happening. It isn't working. And God forbid that they'll push this to its logical conclusion and cause a new recession or depression.Andrew Keen: I know you've got to run Jason. So final question, let's return to where we began with America and the changing nature of America. Your last episode of Disorder was with Corey Sharpe, who is a very, very good and one of Washington DC's, I think, smartest foreign policy analysts. She asks, what's America without allies? If this continues, what, indeed, I mean, you're happy in London, so I don't sound like you're coming back, whatever. But what will America become if indeed all these traditional allies, the UK, France, Germany, become, if not enemies, certainly just transactional relationships? What becomes of America without allies?Jason Pack: Wow, great question. I'm gonna treat this in two parts, the American cultural component and then the structural geopolitical component. I'm a proud American. Culturally, I work on Sundays. I don't take any holiday. I get angry at contractors who are not direct. I am going to be American my whole life and I want an American style work ethic and I wanna things to function and the customer to always be right. So I didn't move to Europe to get European stuff in that way, and I think America will still be great at new inventions and at hard work and at all of that stuff and will still, the NFL will still be a much better run sports league than European sports leagues. Americans are great at certain things. The problem is what if America's role in the world as having the reserve currency, coordinating the NATO allies. If that's eviscerated, we're just going to be living more and more in the global enduring disorder, as Corey Schacke points out, which is that the Europeans don't know how to lead. They can't step up because they don't have one prima inter Paris. And since the decline of the British Empire, the British haven't learned how, for example, to coordinate the Europeans for the defense of Ukraine or for making new missile technologies or dealing with the defense industry. So we're just dealing with a rudderless world. And that's very worrying because there could be major conflict. And then I just have to hope that a new American administration, it could be a Republican one, but I think it just can't be a Trumpian one, will go back to its old role of leadership. I haven't lost hope in America. I've just lost hope in this current administration.Andrew Keen: Well, I haven't lost hope in Jason Pack. He is an ally of ours at Keen On. He's the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason, it's always fun to have you on the show. So much to discuss and no doubt there will be much more over the summer, so we'll have you back on in the next month or two. Thank you so much. Keep well. Stay American in London. Thank you again.Jason Pack: It was a great pleasure. Thanks, Andrew. See you then. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

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