Lawmakers from Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) have spoken out for the first time in an internal meeting in favor of running in the February election with the more popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius instead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Spiegel reported on Saturday. Leaders of Germany’s major parties on Tuesday agreed to hold a federal election on Feb. 23, 2025, following the collapse of Scholz’s troubled three-party coalition last week. The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) are currently leading in polls by a wide margin, with 32 percent support, and seem likely…
Author: Jacopo Barigazzi
BRUSSELS — The EU would consider training soldiers in Ukraine “should the necessary political and operational conditions be met,” according to an EU External Action Service document seen by POLITICO. “A further and a more comprehensive analysis would be needed, in order to fully assess the risks and possible mitigation measures, as well as political and operational advantages of conducting some training” on Ukrainian soil, says the 34-page document. It is dated July 22 and titled “Strategic Review of EUMAM UKRAINE,” the name of the EU training mission for Ukrainian soldiers. The document was first reported by Die Welt (which…