Thirteen men and two women make up the Christian Democratic Union’s group in the newly constituted state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. On Tuesday, four of them helped elect
a right-wing extremist as President of the Landtag. In protocol, and in politics too, this office carries exceptional weight. [...]
13 Männer und zwei Frauen bilden im soeben konstituierten Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt die Fraktion der Christlich-Demokratischen Union. Vier von ihnen haben am Dienstag einen
Rechtsextremen in das protokollarisch und durchaus auch politisch außerordentlich bedeutsame Amt des Landtagspräsidenten gewählt. [...]
Since 21 September 2026, pupils across France have been protesting for more supply teachers, smaller classes and basic repairs to their leaking school buildings. By 9 October,
the Ministry of Justice had counted 6,877 people placed in police custody, 86 per cent of them minors – more than 60 per cent of the 11,203 custodies Amnesty International [...]
On 6 October 2026, the Commission presented its Communication “Preparing for a wider Union”, which sets out concrete measures to prepare the Union for enlargement. At the
centre are so-called institutional safeguard clauses. These resemble an Article 7 TEU procedure for the late arrivals – but at a discount, featuring a much broader [...]
On 7 October 2026, the High Court of Australia held, by three judges to two, that a New South Wales (NSW) planning authority must consider conditions to limit a coal mine’s
scope 3 emissions. This meant the authority could not simply say they had considered those emissions, representing 98% of the project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [...]
Scholars interested in the regulation of AI will be familiar with the Collingridge dilemma, which suggests that the challenge of regulating technology arises from a tension
between information and control. In the early stages of a technology’s development, it can be difficult to predict its social impacts; by the time the risks are [...]
This symposium explores the relationship between AI and the production and delivery of legal knowledge. It also interrogates how emerging AI-based capabilities are shaping
the way lawyers think, research, and act. Traditionally, lawyering has been shaped through skills acquired by law students and young lawyers on the ground, be it [...]
Anlass des politischen Schauspiels war ein kleiner Versprecher. In der ZDF-Sendung „Maybrit Illner“ vom 24. September 2026 setzte die Moderatorin über die Berliner LINKEN-Spitzenkandidatin
Elif Eralp ihren Satz zunächst an mit „Elif Eralp sagt, sie ist Antisemitin“ und korrigierte sich unmittelbar: „Sie ist keine Antisemitin.“ Bundesinnenminister [...]
In the final days of September 2026, the eviction of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old resident of Madrid known to everyone as Maricarmen, shocked Spanish public opinion.
The cries of solidarity with the elderly woman, which also reflected growing public frustration over the worsening housing crisis in Spain, resonated far beyond the [...]
Sobald der nächste Wahltermin ansteht, werden die aktuellen Mandatsinhaber erneut zu Wahlkämpfern. Während sie im Parlament oder der Kommunalvertretung eindeutig in ihrer
Funktion als Mandatsträger tätig werden und dafür die Unterstützung der Fraktionsmitarbeiter sowie die zugewiesenen Fraktionsgelder einsetzen dürfen, muss man [...]