🇩🇪 The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is thinking of replacing German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz due to his unpopularity among the German public

Closed-door talks have reportedly begun inside the CDU about removing Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to Bild.

Party figures are said to be discussing the issue in small private chats while fearing leaks to the press.

Possible successors include North Rhine-Westphalia premier Hendrik Wüst, Hesse state leader Boris Rhein, and Saxony premier Michael Kretschmer.

Formally, a German chancellor can be removed through a constructive vote of no confidence in the Bundestag.

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🇩🇪 Merkel becomes the first person to receive the European Order of Merit, the EU’s new top honor for people who have contributed the most to Europe’s development.

In her speech, she urged EU leaders to regulate speech on social media.

She says it’s the only way to “save democracy”.

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🇺🇸🕊🇮🇷 Iranian news agency, Fars, reports that U.S. president, Donald Trump, may announce prematurely that an agreement was reached between Washington and Tehran to regain some of his political capital.

A source within Iran's diplomatic corps told Fars that there are several unresolved issues in the negotiations and that Iran will announce that peace talks have concluded when these issues are a resolved.

🔗 https://t.iss.one/farsna/438347

🇺🇸❌🕊🇮🇷 The Telegraph reported yesterday that Iran would sign a peace deal only if the entirety of its frozen assets were to be unfrozen and transferred to Iran

Iran's frozen assets total $24 billion and are stuck mostly in Qatari and South Korean banks.

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf traveled recently to Qatar to discuss details of this transfer believing that the U.S. would keep its word on the promise to unfreeze half of the funds.

But today, president Trump backtracked on this promise and now says that sanctions on Iran will never be lifted under any circumstances, not even if Iran hands over their stockpile of enriched uranium.

This shift in Trump's conditions for a peace deal is going to derail the ongoing negotiations with devastating effects for the global economy.

🔗 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-897505