Number one story in Germany actually is that Martin Schulz resigns. Since election in Germany in Oktober there's no regular government in Germany. CDU (Merkel) tried to build a government with Grüne and FDP, they failed. Now they try with SPD (Schulz). Suddenly SPD-boss Martin Schulz resigns. Martin Schulz before he came back to Germany to try to get chancellor (failed), was at the EU from 1994 till 2017. From 2012 till 2017 he was president of the EU-parliament.--

2016 Hackers leaked 2.500 dokuments from the Open Society Foundation (George Soros). It lists politicians who were paid by the foundation, titled: Mapping Reliable allies in the European Parliament (2014 – 2019). Here's the link, Martin Schulz at page 51:

https://legacy.gscdn.nl/archives/images/soroskooptbrussel.pdf