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Nationalism: The purposes of Xi Jinping's 'gene bank of Chinese culture'

Four archives are supposed to preserve the "seeds of Chinese culture." In this way, Xi Jinping pushes forward the unification of classical and Marxist cultures. The Communist Party presents itself as the rightful guardian of tradition – and uses historiography as an instrument of political power.

By Redaktion Table

Micro summit: Europeans disagree on peacekeeping forces

According to Keir Starmer, the UK is prepared to take a leading role in a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, however, criticizes the discussion as premature and sets conditions. Anyone expecting unity after Emmanuel Macron's micro summit was disappointed.

By Stephan Israel

Defense spending: Mixed reactions to escape clause

Member states are reacting cautiously to Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to boost defense spending by using the escape clause of the EU debt rules. According to diplomats, there is still no concrete Commission proposal.

By Marc Winkelmann

Schwimmende Windräder

Fake news: How misinformation on energy policy influences the election campaign

Renewables, wind turbines, nuclear power: For populist parties such as the AfD, it is currently particularly worthwhile spreading misinformation about energy and climate policy. But conservative democratic parties are also using distorted representations in their election campaigns. Experts have tips on how to counter this.

By Alexandra Endres

New Zealand: New climate target with accounting tricks

New Zealand is one of the few countries to present a new climate target on time, but experts criticize accounting tricks. The government points out that it is focusing less on reducing emissions abroad than before – and is putting the brakes on domestic climate action measures.

By Nora Hübchen

How the Europeans are trying to regain the initiative against Trump

Emmanuel Macron is inviting several European partners and the NATO Secretary General to a crisis meeting in Paris today. On the agenda is the urgent question of how the Europeans should position themselves with regard to Trump and his unilateral approach to peace negotiations on Ukraine.

By Stephan Israel

MunSec: How Wang Yi seizes the moment

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi used the Munich Security Conference for a PR coup: While the US has started to abandon Europe, China presented itself as an advocate of multilateralism.

By Angela Köckritz

Aid: Ribera wants to extend crisis framework

The aid facilitations for renewable energies, the decarbonization of industry, and the production of clean technologies are to apply beyond 2025. The rules for reserve power plants could become a problem for Germany.

By Manuel Berkel