AGP Executive Report
Last update: 13 minutes agoUN Map Overhaul: The UN General Assembly backed a new “Correct the Map” resolution endorsing the Equal Earth equal-area projection, making Africa look larger while Europe and North America appear smaller; it passed 164–1 with the US voting no and six countries abstaining, with supporters calling it a fix for long-running cartographic distortion and critics dismissing it as a distraction. Germany Security Mood: A new ARD DeutschlandTREND survey finds 56% of Germans see Russia as a strong threat, with the split running along the old east-west divide—59% in the west versus 42% in the east—amid the Leipzig/Halle drone incident and Berlin’s sanctions. Italian Far-Right Shake-up: Roberto Vannacci’s National Future is drawing double-digit polling and could become a major force on the Italian right, after his break with the League and a platform built around controversial social and security proposals. Education Under Pressure: PaperCut flaws are being exploited to steal credentials from schools and universities, while a separate debate over AI in classrooms continues as generative tools reshape how students are assessed and included. Higher Ed in Focus: Greece trails EU peers on young adults with university degrees, while the Netherlands moves to cap international student intake and pause new English-taught bachelor programmes. Politics & Migration: Spain’s PP is pushing a tougher Ceuta crisis plan—more police and border infrastructure, faster expulsions, and legal changes to tighten asylum and rejection rules.
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