German coalition divides up powers, CAP reform is mixed news for ploughers, and Swedish PM out after just four hours.
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It was all eyes on Germany this week.
Firstly Health Minister Jens Spahn said that by the end of winter pretty much everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, recovered or dead…. probably”
Merry start to the week in Germany.
"Probably by the end of winter—as is sometimes cynically said—pretty much everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, recovered or dead," says Health Minister Jens Spahn, with a bleak spin on the COVID-19 3G rule (vaccinated, recovered or tested). pic.twitter.com/s3CfhaxNWY
— Kate Brady (@kbrady90) November 22, 2021
Yikes! That ‘wahrscheinlich’ is doing some heaving listing!
Still, he's very cautious with tjat 'wahrscheinlich'
— Gerardo Fortuna (@gerardofortuna) November 22, 2021
Meanwhile the so-called traffic light coalition treaty was unveiled to much fanfare. Though calling them The Avengers is a niche position!
THE AVENGERS
#Koalitionsvertrag pic.twitter.com/dXCP55TPM8
— kat (@KitKatsChitChat) November 24, 2021
At 51,776 words, just a shade longer than The Great Gatsby pointed out Tom Nuttal.
At 51,776 words, the German coalition treaty is a shade longer than The Great Gatsby (50,061).
— Tom Nuttall (@tom_nuttall) November 24, 2021
And it’s mixed news for von der Leyen as it was agreed that the Greens will appoint the next GermanCommissioner… unless the President is already German.
German ? coalition agreement: Greens will appoint next German ?? commissioner, given it is not the @EU_Commission president who comes from Germany.
Get ready for @Die_Gruenen vs @vonderleyen #Ampelkoalition #Koalitionsvertrag
— Julia Dahm (@dahm_julia) November 24, 2021
Diego Velazquez predicts she will start endorsing the spitzenkadidaten system very soon ..
Bad news for @vonderleyen – who will start endorsing the spitzenkadidaten system very soon … https://t.co/8fUMEj6kIJ
— diego velazquez (@diego_bxl) November 24, 2021
Another nugget?
The new coalition also plans to legalise cannabis.
Und ja: We will legalize it! ?
— Fraktion der Freien Demokraten (@fdpbt) November 24, 2021
Meanwhile American EU Dude joked that he’d finally found an EU story he doesn’t mind reporting. Snarking European Parliament votes to keep EU farm subsidies, but only for weed
BREAKING NEWS OR WHATEVER: European Parliament votes to keep EU farm subsidies, but only for weed
Dudes, at last there’s an EU story I didn’t mind reporting
https://t.co/Rf1cwPsf53
— American EU Dude ????? (@AmericanEUDude) November 23, 2021
MEP Herbert Dorfmann was one of the first to tweet: It”s done. We have a new CAPreform
It"s done. We have a new #CAPreform pic.twitter.com/R49ZsBNm1F
— Herbert Dorfmann (@HerbertDorfmann) November 23, 2021
Confused about national strategic plans within the #CAP
Ask Gerardo Fortuna: It’s like the European Semester, but with cows.
When you ask @gerardofortuna about national strategic plans within the #CAP pic.twitter.com/b9m7XRn7mo
— Beatriz Ríos (@BeaRios_) November 23, 2021
270 — billions of € in EU’s sweeping farm policy reform.
3 — MEPs on stage to defend the deal they struck.
1 — dude at the back of the press conference who’s asleep reported Eddy Wax.
270 — billions of € in EU's sweeping farm policy reform.
3 — MEPs on stage to defend the deal they struck.
1 — dude at the back of the press conference who's asleep. ?
— Eddy Wax (@EddyWax) November 23, 2021
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— SESAR JU??✈️ (@SESAR_JU) November 24, 2021
100 years after women won the right to vote, on Wednesday Sweden elected Magdalena Andersson as PM, the first woman ever! A glass ceiling has been cracked, said Ylva Johansson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs
100 years after women won the right to vote, Sweden today elected Magdalena Andersson as PM, the first woman ever! A glass ceiling has cracked and Sweden have a new excellent and strong PM. A great day! Congratulations @AnderssonMagda !
— Ylva Johansson (@YlvaJohansson) November 24, 2021
Well that aged well… she stepped down mere Hours After Getting Job reported Le Chou.
BREAKING: Sweden’s Prime Minister Quits Mere Hours After Getting Job pic.twitter.com/yXyyMiN5X7
— Le Chou (@LeChouNews) November 24, 2021
Look this is getting sill Le Chou is supposed to be SATIRICAL news!
She didn’t even have time to assemble a cabinet. Although to be fair those flat-packs can be tricky, quipped Berlaymonster.
She didn't even have time to assemble a cabinet.
Although to be fair those flat-packs can be tricky. https://t.co/zOWBa5ruUl
— Berlaymonster (@Berlaymonster) November 24, 2021
Oh Swedish… Ikea… I get it.
One woman not going anywhere is new EPP leader Roberta Metsola.
DG MEME says it’s now game on between Metsola and David Sassoli to hold the Parliament Presidency. Place your bets with DG MEME’s bookmaker. My money’s on the Maltese “mum of four boys”.
It is on, @RobertaMetsola Vs. @DavidSassoli!
Contact your local DG MEME's bookmaker to place your bets (they say that the Italian "one of you" doesn't stand a chance against the Maltese "mum of four boys"). pic.twitter.com/pgjNEqp0tg
— DG MEME ?? (@meme_ec) November 24, 2021
Source: euractiv.com
