| BERLIN Germany’s Scholz speaks of ‘terrorism’ as two killed in knife attack. A German man and a two-year-old boy of Moroccan descent were stabbed and killed, and two others were injured in an attack in Aschaffenburg on Wednesday. The suspect is an Afghan asylum seeker who was due to leave the country, according to local authorities. German media reported that he had a history of mental health problems. The incident comes in the middle of a national election campaign and is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in Germany in recent months. In a statement, Chancellor Olaf Scholz described it as a "terrorist attack", adding that he was tired of such acts of violence every few weeks and promising consequences. (Nick Alipour | Euractiv.de) Germany's interior minister calls on social media to protect election. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser met the operators of the world's biggest tech platforms to demand that they boost efforts to protect the country's February election from foreign interference, as they are obliged to under the EU's DSA. Read more. Last-minute delay in decision to split power markets in France, Germany. A controversial recommendation on whether and how to split the German and French power markets has been postponed. Read more. /// PARIS France's Bayrou to split controversial euthanasia bill. French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday announced plans to divide highly sensitive legislation that would legalise assisted dying into two separate parts. Read more. /// THE HAGUE Court deals blow to Netherlands' nitrogen reduction plans. A Dutch civil court has upheld Greenpeace's claim that the government is not doing enough to tackle nitrogen pollution, piling pressure on The Hague as stricter limits on manure spreading loom. Read more. | 
