Climate dispute in Germany, Russia's fight for democracy and sports success

The climate inferno has long since arrived in Germany, and the government coalition is arguing about how to properly deal with the crisis. Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and other SPD ministers want to stipulate in the Basic Law that the federal and state governments work together on climate adaptation and nature conservation.

The Union accuses Schneider of going it alone and has so far rejected his initiative. The dispute is likely to continue at the end of August at the cabinet meeting in Neuhardenberg, Brandenburg, where Schneider wants to address the issue.

Taking on Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin takes courage. Nikolai Igorevich Rybakov is a courageous man. He wants to take part in the parliamentary elections on September 20th with the anti-war party Yabloko, which he leads. But the Supreme Court in Moscow excluded the only registered party that openly calls for an end to the war against Ukraine from the Duma election in August.

One of the most effective political calming formulas in the Federal Republic is the sentence from long-time CDU Labor Minister Norbert Blüm from 1986: "One thing is certain: the pension." Four decades later, the dispute over pensions at 63 and partial retirement shows how difficult it is for politicians to take back pension privileges that have once been granted.

The German marathon runner Amanal Petros won the marathon title at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham and is therefore European champion.