How should Germany’s traditional media report on the far-right Alternative for Germany Party (AfD)? Some want to ignore the opposition party, while others want to expose them. Tino Chrupalla, co-chair of Germany’s far-right populist Alternative for […]
The government’s losing support, a far-right party is soaring in the popularity ratings and the whole country seems to be angry. Is democracy at risk in post-Merkel Germany? The former German chancellor Angela Merkel had a reputation […]
Despite internal grumblings and an all-time low in opinion polls, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats are making a show of defiance, confidence and hope. The mood was grim when 600 delegates from Germany’s […]
“This federal government is probably the worst government Germany has ever had,” Söder, who heads the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party, told a party conference in Munich on Saturday. He is harnessing troops from […]
The parties of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government have agreed on details of a new domestic heating law, which has been causing tensions in the coalition for months. The general aim of the new […]
Germany’s national human rights institute considers the conditions for banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to be fulfilled, although it said it was not currently advocating for such a step. In a recent […]
The German parliament passed the 2023 budget in Berlin on Friday, taking out new debt to the tune of €45 billion ($47 billion) to fund state aid in times of crisis. “We will surmount the […]
The three parties hoping to form Germany’s next coalition government – the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) – say they are aiming to have a new administration in place […]
Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will give up their Bundestag mandates, the two politicians announced on Saturday. They are making way for Nadine Schoen and Markus Uhl, who will enter […]
DW reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel is a big step closer to a fourth term while her SPD opponent Martin Schulz has been considerably weakened. No, there are no primaries in Germany. And Germans cannot […]
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