【一蓮托生】國際時事政治選舉集中理性討論區（二）
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傾咁耐都未搞掂
Germany傾咁耐都未搞掂
Germany's grand coalition talks enter second period of extra-time
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-grand-coalition-talks-enter-second-period-of-extra-time/a-42464069
German officials remained positive on Tuesday morning that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) would strike a deal to forge a new coalition government by the evening.
As she headed into the final round of talks, Merkel called on all sides to make the necessary concessions and strike a deal that would end months of political limbo. However, the sides still remain divided on several issues, most notably labor and healthcare policy.
一月中先開始正式傾，都唔算慢了
不過大家又可以永續默姨姨了
Toguchi elected as mayor of Nago, Okinawa
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180205_01/
Voters in Nago City, Okinawa, have chosen Taketoyo Toguchi as their new mayor. During the campaign he pledged to prioritize the local economy.
Toguchi's election comes as a plan progresses to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to the city.
Toguchi garnered 20,389 votes, with Susumu Inamine getting 16,931. Inamine was seeking a 3rd term in office, and was opposed to the central government's plan to relocate the US air station to a coastal area of Nago City.
Toguchi was recommended by the ruling the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, as well as Nippon Ishin.
Meanwhile, Inamine was backed by opposition forces, including the Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180205_01/
Voters in Nago City, Okinawa, have chosen Taketoyo Toguchi as their new mayor. During the campaign he pledged to prioritize the local economy.
Toguchi's election comes as a plan progresses to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to the city.
Toguchi garnered 20,389 votes, with Susumu Inamine getting 16,931. Inamine was seeking a 3rd term in office, and was opposed to the central government's plan to relocate the US air station to a coastal area of Nago City.
Toguchi was recommended by the ruling the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, as well as Nippon Ishin.
Meanwhile, Inamine was backed by opposition forces, including the Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party.
United States: Government shut down and funding bill
Trump calls for shutdown if Congress doesn't pass border-security measures
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/06/trump-shutdown-393648?lo=ap_b1
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a government shutdown if Congress does not pass what he considers adequate border-security measures.
A shutdown over immigration and border security policy would be the second this year after Congress failed to reach an agreement last month on a short-term government funding measure, prompting a three-day shutdown that occurred mostly over a weekend.
The impetus for that shutdown was Democrats' insistence that Congress codify into law protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. But Democratic leadership in the Senate cut a deal to fund the government in exchange for a pledge from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the chamber would take up the issue in the coming weeks.
House GOP passes stopgap bill to avoid shutdown
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/06/government-shutdown-republican-bill-393199
The House passed a stopgap bill Tuesday to prevent another government shutdown, as a broader budget deal appeared increasingly within reach on Capitol Hill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met privately on Tuesday to discuss lifting stiff spending caps as part of the short-term funding package, according to sources in both parties briefed on the talks. The top four congressional leaders believe they are close to clinching a budget deal that significantly boosts defense and domestic spending and ends the cycle of temporary funding measures.
But many of those same House Republicans acknowledged the bill is doomed in the Senate, since Democrats want any increases in defense and nondefense spending levels to be equal. The Senate is likely to rewrite the House bill to eliminate the extra defense funding, but a repeat of last month’s federal government shutdown is not expected.
Immigration, however, is not a major issue in the current spending debate on Capitol Hill.
Trump calls for shutdown if Congress doesn't pass border-security measures
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/06/trump-shutdown-393648?lo=ap_b1
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a government shutdown if Congress does not pass what he considers adequate border-security measures.
A shutdown over immigration and border security policy would be the second this year after Congress failed to reach an agreement last month on a short-term government funding measure, prompting a three-day shutdown that occurred mostly over a weekend.
The impetus for that shutdown was Democrats' insistence that Congress codify into law protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. But Democratic leadership in the Senate cut a deal to fund the government in exchange for a pledge from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the chamber would take up the issue in the coming weeks.
House GOP passes stopgap bill to avoid shutdown
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/06/government-shutdown-republican-bill-393199
The House passed a stopgap bill Tuesday to prevent another government shutdown, as a broader budget deal appeared increasingly within reach on Capitol Hill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met privately on Tuesday to discuss lifting stiff spending caps as part of the short-term funding package, according to sources in both parties briefed on the talks. The top four congressional leaders believe they are close to clinching a budget deal that significantly boosts defense and domestic spending and ends the cycle of temporary funding measures.
But many of those same House Republicans acknowledged the bill is doomed in the Senate, since Democrats want any increases in defense and nondefense spending levels to be equal. The Senate is likely to rewrite the House bill to eliminate the extra defense funding, but a repeat of last month’s federal government shutdown is not expected.
Immigration, however, is not a major issue in the current spending debate on Capitol Hill.
Build the wall
Germany's Angela Merkel finally reaches coalition deal with SPD — reports
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-angela-merkel-finally-reaches-coalition-deal-with-spd-reports/a-42459353
They needed an extra few days, but negotiators from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), their Bavarian partners the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) appear to have finally hashed out a contract for a new grand coalition government — probably ensuring that Angela Merkel will stay in office for a fourth tenure as German chancellor.
German news outlets including ARD and Der Spiegel reported just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday — the third day of "extra time" — that a final contract was agreed, to be formally announced later in the day. One of the largest major hurdles was thought to be the allocation of ministerial posts, always a thorny issue and typically among the last to be confirmed in public. A CDU politician, Serap Güler from Cologne, tweeted that a final deal was done.
Early reports suggested that the SPD would be handed the Finance Ministry - a major gain for the Social Democrats - while CSU leader Horst Seehofer, one of the most conservative figures on Merkel's side, would become Interior Minister. The SPD also look set to keep control of the Foreign Ministry and the Labor Ministry.
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-angela-merkel-finally-reaches-coalition-deal-with-spd-reports/a-42459353
They needed an extra few days, but negotiators from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), their Bavarian partners the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) appear to have finally hashed out a contract for a new grand coalition government — probably ensuring that Angela Merkel will stay in office for a fourth tenure as German chancellor.
German news outlets including ARD and Der Spiegel reported just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday — the third day of "extra time" — that a final contract was agreed, to be formally announced later in the day. One of the largest major hurdles was thought to be the allocation of ministerial posts, always a thorny issue and typically among the last to be confirmed in public. A CDU politician, Serap Güler from Cologne, tweeted that a final deal was done.
Early reports suggested that the SPD would be handed the Finance Ministry - a major gain for the Social Democrats - while CSU leader Horst Seehofer, one of the most conservative figures on Merkel's side, would become Interior Minister. The SPD also look set to keep control of the Foreign Ministry and the Labor Ministry.
North Korea leader's sister to visit South for Olympics
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42972216
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, which are being held in the South, ministers in Seoul say.
Kim Yo-jong is the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il and her role was strengthened last year when she was promoted to the politburo.
Both Koreas will march under one flag at the opening ceremony.
The North's participation has been seen as a thawing of bilateral ties.
However, experts say it is unlikely to have any impact on the North's nuclear ambitions.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42972216
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, which are being held in the South, ministers in Seoul say.
Kim Yo-jong is the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il and her role was strengthened last year when she was promoted to the politburo.
Both Koreas will march under one flag at the opening ceremony.
The North's participation has been seen as a thawing of bilateral ties.
However, experts say it is unlikely to have any impact on the North's nuclear ambitions.
EU announces ambitious expansion plans in western Balkans
http://www.dw.com/en/eu-announces-ambitious-expansion-plans-in-western-balkans/a-42473497
After letting 13 Eastern and central European states join the European Union roughly a decade ago, it seemed Brussels had grown tired of enlargement. The prospect of adding western Balkan nations to the bloc were put on the back burner.
But now the European Commission has announced ambitious plans for a grand, new push toward enlargement, hoping to welcome western Balkan states in the EU within the next seven years.
"There is no shortcut," said Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. He believes that by 2025, the countries will be able to become more democratic, constitutional and competitive. "We wouldn't have recommended them otherwise," he told DW.
For Brussels, there are clear geopolitical reasons behind its interest in expanding throughout the western Balkans. The EU fears the region might come under increased Russian or Chinese influence, and is also concerned about rekindled local conflicts.
http://www.dw.com/en/eu-announces-ambitious-expansion-plans-in-western-balkans/a-42473497
After letting 13 Eastern and central European states join the European Union roughly a decade ago, it seemed Brussels had grown tired of enlargement. The prospect of adding western Balkan nations to the bloc were put on the back burner.
But now the European Commission has announced ambitious plans for a grand, new push toward enlargement, hoping to welcome western Balkan states in the EU within the next seven years.
"There is no shortcut," said Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. He believes that by 2025, the countries will be able to become more democratic, constitutional and competitive. "We wouldn't have recommended them otherwise," he told DW.
For Brussels, there are clear geopolitical reasons behind its interest in expanding throughout the western Balkans. The EU fears the region might come under increased Russian or Chinese influence, and is also concerned about rekindled local conflicts.
SPD to now have three major portfolios: finance, foreign affairs and labor.
Bavaria's CSU, which advocates a tougher line on immigration than Chancellor Merkel, takes over the Interior Ministry.
Merkel's CDU gains the Economy Ministry and smaller posts, but is giving up the influential interior and finance spots.
Bavaria's CSU, which advocates a tougher line on immigration than Chancellor Merkel, takes over the Interior Ministry.
Merkel's CDU gains the Economy Ministry and smaller posts, but is giving up the influential interior and finance spots.
Maldives Supreme Court does U-turn after arrests
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42965723
The Maldives Supreme Court has performed a U-turn on its decision to free nine convicted politicians, hours after the arrest of two of its judges.
The court's remaining three judges have issued a statement saying the order has been revoked "in light of the concerns raised by the president".
President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency to investigate a "coup" against him.
The opposition has called for other countries to intervene in the crisis.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42965723
The Maldives Supreme Court has performed a U-turn on its decision to free nine convicted politicians, hours after the arrest of two of its judges.
The court's remaining three judges have issued a statement saying the order has been revoked "in light of the concerns raised by the president".
President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency to investigate a "coup" against him.
The opposition has called for other countries to intervene in the crisis.
Amnesty calls for immediate release of jailed Catalan leader
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/amnesty-calls-for-immediate-release-of-jordi-sanchez-jailed-catalan-leader
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of a Catalan pro-independence leader who has been in prison for almost four months, saying his continuing detention without charge is excessive and disproportionate.
Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the influential grassroots Catalan National Assembly (ANC), has been in custody since mid-October, when he and another civil society group leader, Jordi Cuixart, were arrested as part of an investigation into alleged sedition in the run-up to the regional independence referendum a fortnight earlier.
The pair have been accused of using huge demonstrations to try to stop Spanish police officers from following a judge’s orders to halt the referendum, which had already been suspended by the country’s constitutional court.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/amnesty-calls-for-immediate-release-of-jordi-sanchez-jailed-catalan-leader
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of a Catalan pro-independence leader who has been in prison for almost four months, saying his continuing detention without charge is excessive and disproportionate.
Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the influential grassroots Catalan National Assembly (ANC), has been in custody since mid-October, when he and another civil society group leader, Jordi Cuixart, were arrested as part of an investigation into alleged sedition in the run-up to the regional independence referendum a fortnight earlier.
The pair have been accused of using huge demonstrations to try to stop Spanish police officers from following a judge’s orders to halt the referendum, which had already been suspended by the country’s constitutional court.
話說講起個份fisa memo
民主黨係未release共和黨版本既memo個陣，就話release會影響國家安全同埋expose哂fbi內部運作乜乜
但係依家release左，就話份野係垃圾，根本唔需要理會，全部都係lie
依家又要求公佈埋自己個份parallel memo，俾人恥笑到仆街
民主黨係未release共和黨版本既memo個陣，就話release會影響國家安全同埋expose哂fbi內部運作乜乜
但係依家release左，就話份野係垃圾，根本唔需要理會，全部都係lie
依家又要求公佈埋自己個份parallel memo，俾人恥笑到仆街
歐洲動態
4 hrs ·
德國 CDU/CSU及SPD 公佈了三黨各自獲得什麼內閣職位：
社民黨有6個職位，包括搶到財長一職，由前勞工部長、現任漢堡市(州)長Scholz出任；黨魁* 舒爾茨出任外長。最新消息稱，副總理可能由Scholz出任。
社民黨亦獲勞工、家庭、司法及環境部長。
CDU有7個職位，除了總理(默克爾)，還有經濟(現任署理財長兼總理辦部長Altmaier出任)、國防(現任von der Leyen留任)、教育、衛生、農業及總理辦。
CSU有3個職位，相對於上屆最重要的職位也只是運輸部，這次搶到內政，變成「內政、祖國及建設部長」，兼管房屋，意味CSU親自監督難民入境及融入政策，不許默克爾話事，下屆政府的移民政策應該進一步收緊，此職由CSU黨魁、拜仁州州長Seehofer降職擔任，意味CSU換拜仁州州長出戰今年地方選舉；另外保住運輸數碼部，以及國際發展部。
［補充：舒爾茨據報會辭去黨魁一職，跟國會黨團領袖納勒斯對掉位置，意味舒爾茨無意在下屆大選再爭當總理，以目前下屆SPD總理候選人的大熱是納勒斯］
(資料來源: FAZ)
https://www.facebook.com/europechinese/posts/1622876861092589
4 hrs ·
德國 CDU/CSU及SPD 公佈了三黨各自獲得什麼內閣職位：
社民黨有6個職位，包括搶到財長一職，由前勞工部長、現任漢堡市(州)長Scholz出任；黨魁* 舒爾茨出任外長。最新消息稱，副總理可能由Scholz出任。
社民黨亦獲勞工、家庭、司法及環境部長。
CDU有7個職位，除了總理(默克爾)，還有經濟(現任署理財長兼總理辦部長Altmaier出任)、國防(現任von der Leyen留任)、教育、衛生、農業及總理辦。
CSU有3個職位，相對於上屆最重要的職位也只是運輸部，這次搶到內政，變成「內政、祖國及建設部長」，兼管房屋，意味CSU親自監督難民入境及融入政策，不許默克爾話事，下屆政府的移民政策應該進一步收緊，此職由CSU黨魁、拜仁州州長Seehofer降職擔任，意味CSU換拜仁州州長出戰今年地方選舉；另外保住運輸數碼部，以及國際發展部。
［補充：舒爾茨據報會辭去黨魁一職，跟國會黨團領袖納勒斯對掉位置，意味舒爾茨無意在下屆大選再爭當總理，以目前下屆SPD總理候選人的大熱是納勒斯］
(資料來源: FAZ)
https://www.facebook.com/europechinese/posts/1622876861092589
任佢up既
同阿婆email單野又係咁上下
同阿婆email單野又係咁上下
Ex pope Benedict says he is in the last phase of his life
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-benedict/ex-pope-benedict-says-he-is-in-the-last-phase-of-his-life-idUSKBN1FR1H7
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and on a “pilgrimage towards home”.
“I am moved that so many readers want to know how I spend my days in this, the last period of the life,” he wrote.
“I can only say that with the slow withering of my physical forces, interiorly, I am on a pilgrimage towards home.”
Since his resignation, the 90-year-old Benedict, a conservative German whose seven-year papacy was marked by mismanagement and financial scandals, has been living in a former convent in the Vatican gardens.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-benedict/ex-pope-benedict-says-he-is-in-the-last-phase-of-his-life-idUSKBN1FR1H7
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and on a “pilgrimage towards home”.
“I am moved that so many readers want to know how I spend my days in this, the last period of the life,” he wrote.
“I can only say that with the slow withering of my physical forces, interiorly, I am on a pilgrimage towards home.”
Since his resignation, the 90-year-old Benedict, a conservative German whose seven-year papacy was marked by mismanagement and financial scandals, has been living in a former convent in the Vatican gardens.
民主黨當時最大反對原因係份野misleading，反而其他野唔係太重點。
而且份Nunes memo又的確冇咩睇頭，Democrats 自己個一份其實係Nunes話要release時已經有，係未傾release姐。
而家Democrats份野係侵侵到，傳緊會改份memo先出
而且份Nunes memo又的確冇咩睇頭，Democrats 自己個一份其實係Nunes話要release時已經有，係未傾release姐。
而家Democrats份野係侵侵到，傳緊會改份memo先出
邊個傳先
NYT
不過Democrats份野應該都係冇咩睇頭
不過Democrats份野應該都係冇咩睇頭
Congressional leaders reach budget deal
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/government-shutdown-senate-budget-deal-395984
The deal is expected to increase defense and domestic spending by roughly $300 billion over two years, according to administration and congressional sources, as well as lift the debt ceiling through the election and include tens of billions of dollars in disaster aid.
The Senate is expected vote on the pact on Thursday, according to Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). It's likely to pass easily, but House approval will be a tougher lift.
For such a large package to be passed before funding expires, all 100 senators will need to agree to speedy action on the spending bill and budget package. Any one senator can object to moving forward and derail the leaders’ plan, though McConnell said it is unlikely that the budget deal would fall apart at this late stage.
Conservatives slam budget deal
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/conservatives-slam-budget-deal-397452
Fiscal hawks on Capitol Hill panned the budget deal reached by Republican leaders and Democrats on Wednesday as fiscally irresponsible and an abrogation of the GOP's congressional majorities.
Senators and House members on the right immediately came out against the agreement, while a large number of leadership-aligned Republicans were also noncommittal. It's unclear whether the opposition to the deal, which calls for $300 billion in new spending, will put it in jeopardy. But it has certainly put the Republican Party’s reputation for fiscal discipline on the rocks, coming on the heels of a tax law projected to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion.
The conservative opposition could make passage difficult. While the budget deal is expected to easily clear the Senate, House GOP leaders know they’ll struggle to get votes and will have to rely on Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democrats to pass the agreement.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/government-shutdown-senate-budget-deal-395984
The deal is expected to increase defense and domestic spending by roughly $300 billion over two years, according to administration and congressional sources, as well as lift the debt ceiling through the election and include tens of billions of dollars in disaster aid.
The Senate is expected vote on the pact on Thursday, according to Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). It's likely to pass easily, but House approval will be a tougher lift.
For such a large package to be passed before funding expires, all 100 senators will need to agree to speedy action on the spending bill and budget package. Any one senator can object to moving forward and derail the leaders’ plan, though McConnell said it is unlikely that the budget deal would fall apart at this late stage.
Conservatives slam budget deal
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/conservatives-slam-budget-deal-397452
Fiscal hawks on Capitol Hill panned the budget deal reached by Republican leaders and Democrats on Wednesday as fiscally irresponsible and an abrogation of the GOP's congressional majorities.
Senators and House members on the right immediately came out against the agreement, while a large number of leadership-aligned Republicans were also noncommittal. It's unclear whether the opposition to the deal, which calls for $300 billion in new spending, will put it in jeopardy. But it has certainly put the Republican Party’s reputation for fiscal discipline on the rocks, coming on the heels of a tax law projected to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion.
The conservative opposition could make passage difficult. While the budget deal is expected to easily clear the Senate, House GOP leaders know they’ll struggle to get votes and will have to rely on Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democrats to pass the agreement.