As Managing Director of Helsing Germany GmbH, long-time Airbus manager Wolfgang Gammel is responsible for the company's activities in Germany.
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The savings banks have been with him since his youth, and now Jiří Zapletal wants to show that these credit institutions fit in well with the plans of the new EU Commission. He has access to a large network in Brussels and Berlin.
By Silke Wettach
As a speaker in the European Parliament, political neutrality was one of Jaume Duch's most important qualities. As Catalan Foreign Minister, he now has to position himself politically at a time of important change without losing his usual focus: Europe.
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Poland will elect a new president next year. The opposition party PiS wants to win this extremely important election for the country with historian Karol Nawrocki. The Trump supporter has no experience in politics, but his worldview coincides with the views of Kaczyński and Co.
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If the Senate approves her nomination as US Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins will head one of the most powerful houses in Washington. In Trump's cabinet, she will have to deal with competition from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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As US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick is likely to become one of the central figures for an issue that is particularly close to the heart of future US President Donald Trump: the imposition of tariffs. Lutnick has already verbally targeted China, but Europe could also be in for some difficult years.
By Julian Heissler
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong took over the management of the Loss and Damage Fund at the beginning of November. The experienced development banker already has in-depth specialist knowledge. His special language skills should also open a few doors for him at the World Climate Conference.
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Gubad Ibadoghlu is actually due to travel to Strasbourg in December for the Sakharov Prize award ceremony. However, the Azerbaijani economist and government critic is under house arrest in Baku and has a life-threatening illness. The COP29 could bring movement to his case.
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Belgium has surprisingly nominated its Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib for the new Commission. The reactions to this were ambivalent. But as a former Middle East correspondent, she is crisis-tested.
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Engineer Thomas Speidel receives the German Environmental Award on Sunday. The jury recognizes the developer of innovative fast-charging stations as a pioneer for electromobility, climate action and a comprehensive energy transition.
By Carsten Hübner
