According to the ARD Deutschlandtrend poll published in Germany on Thursday, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is in first place with 31 percent of the...
Friedrich Merz, the politician likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, has vowed to restore Germany’s industrial competitiveness by putting climate policy on the back burner. In...
Pressure is mounting on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to relinquish leadership of his party, the Social Democrats (SPD), ahead of the upcoming snap elections. This move...
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), announced on Wednesday that the constitutional debt brake, which limits public deficits to 0.35% of Gross...
Germany’s long-swinging SPD-Greens-FDP coalition government (“traffic light”) has collapsed. The collapse seems to have started when the FDP raised the flag to its coalition partners over...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), along with opposition Members of Parliament (MPs), have agreed to hold early federal elections on 23...
Everyone wants a strong government. German business leaders are pushing for swift action, and EU leaders, who rely on German leadership, are eager for a stable...
The German Bundestag has passed a resolution against anti-Semitism with votes from the CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, FDP, and AfD. The declaration, adopted on Thursday, 7 November...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is set to meet with Green Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) on Tuesday and Wednesday for...
Almost a year ago, thousands of people gathered in a rainy Berlin to protest against the German government’s involvement in the war in Ukraine. At the...
