Erstellt am: 22. 10. 2014 - 14:04 Uhr

Take 2 for Juncker's Commission

Reality Check: EU Parliament votes on new EU Commission; Austria and U-Ausschuss; Boko Haram; Nazi social security scandal; Superamas, SuperamaX.

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Jean-Claude Juncker, President-elect of the European Commission

EU Commission

EU Commission president Juncker and the 27 other EU Commissioners will find out today if they have been accepted by the EU Parliament. This is the second attempt at forming the next EU Commission and the vote is expected to be close.

Austria: U-Ausschuss

Political consultant Melanie Sully on the proposed new rules to govern the working of parliamentary investigative committees and expand the rights of minority parties in the Austrian government.

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

Boko Haram

A truce was announced last week between the Islamic terror group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government. This had raised hopes that the 200 schoolgirls kidnapped 6 months ago could be released. However, the truce does not appear to be holding.

Nazis & social security payments

According to the Associated Press, dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals were allowed to leave the USA since 1979 and have received millions of dollars in social security payments from the US government.

Photo: Superamas

SuperamaX

SuperamaX is the name of a theatre piece by an international collective of performance artists who call themselves Superamas. Their latest piece tells of a group of 30- and 40-something men dealing with approaching middle age while trying to found a start-up company.

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