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- 1UN arms embargo on Darfur set to expire Saturday●RE: https:// flipboard.com/@taz_de/politik- 7q8h8pgaz/-/a-6c03zolPQo2detKqy8v_ag%3Aa%3A2741305549-%2F0 "am Samstag läuft
The UN arms embargo covering Sudan's Darfur region expires on Saturday and must be renewed by the UN Security Council. Discussion is focused on whether the embargo will be extended amid the war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, with attention to arms flows and regional actors including the United Arab Emirates.
- 2Jens Spahn steps back from Bundestag budget committee●Jens # Spahn zieht sich aus dem Haushaltsausschuss des Bundestags zurück. Das macht Hoffnung, schreibt unser Redakteur.
Jens Spahn, the CDU's parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, is withdrawing from the budget committee, the taz reports. Its editorial argues his retreat offers hope, implying it could ease tensions in budget negotiations. Spahn has been a prominent and often combative figure in the Union's parliamentary leadership, so his reduced role in the committee is drawing attention in Berlin politics.
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German discussion is centring on the Einspeisevergütung, the feed-in tariff paid to renewable energy producers. Commentators, including taz, warn that recent legislation associated with Katherina Reiche risks undermining the Energiewende, and argue the Bundestag must prevent what they call the strangling of Germany's energy transition. Supporters of solar and wind operators are watching closely how remuneration rates will develop.
- 4EU and Pastaza Prefecture clean up Puyo River banks▼The European Union in Ecuador and the Prefecture of Pastaza carry out the cleaning of the banks of the Puyo River in the #EUBeachCleanup2026
The European Union delegation in Ecuador and the Prefecture of Pastaza have carried out a cleanup of the banks of the Puyo River as part of the EU Beach Cleanup 2026 campaign. The initiative forms part of the EU's wider environmental outreach, bringing local authorities and volunteers together to tackle plastic and other waste in Amazonian waterways.