In Short

A spectacular action with a signal effect: a handful of activists from the Identitarians, including the Austrian spokesman for the movement, Martin Sellner, symbolically occupied the terminal of the Russian-German Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 in Lubmin on Monday, thereby emphasizing the demand to open the pipeline.

ParisThe former leader of the National Front, now Rassemblement National (RN), in French weekly JDD noted a certain "media absence" of RN deputies, calling on them to "react" by being "aggressive towards the authorities".

RomeIn the run-up to the early Italian parliamentary elections in September, the Italian right is setting the tone. Former Interior Minister Salvini, head of the right-wing Lega, has now suggested adopting Hungarian President Viktor Orbán's family protection measures.

BudapestThe well-known Dutch immigration critic and member of parliament Geert Wilders has been awarded the Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit by Hungarian President Orbán.

The HagueWill the Dutch government misuse the controversial Population Movement Act to "solve" the asylum crisis?

ParisFormer Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the Peace Prize by the UN cultural organization UNESCO. "The entire jury was touched by her courageous decision in 2015 to take in more than 1.2 million refugees, particularly from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea, " said the President of the jury and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege in Paris . "It's a lesson she leaves to history."

BerlinSince February 24, when the military operation in their country began, 971 063 Ukrainians have fled to Germany and been registered there.

BernJan Flückiger, Secretary General of the Federal Conference of Energy Directors, has warned that "internal security will become a problem" because the federal government in Bern has not yet recognized any urgency as the prospect of a cold winter full of hardship looms. Fredy Fässler, politician from the canton of St.Gallen, agreed with this warning.

GießenSeveral armed Africans from Eritrea attacked and injured police officers and helpers at a festival planned in the city of Gießen (around 50km north of Frankfurt) over the weekend. This happened just before the start of the Eritrea Festival, which was scheduled to take place at the city's exhibition center on Saturday evening.

AthensIncentives (benefits, housing, free medical care, etc.) in Germany attract migrants. The Greek-Turkish border is once again becoming the gateway to Europe for asylum seekers.