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3 days ago

German business group backtracks on opening to far-right AfD DW 12/01/2025

The debate was sparked back in October when a business association named Die Familienunternehmer (The Family Entrepreneurs) invited representatives of the AfD to its parliamentary evening in Berlin for the first time. In the words of its president, Marie-Christine Ostermann, the association thus lifted a national "contact ban" on the party that has been classified as "far-right and partially right-wing extremist" by Germany's domestic intelligence agency.
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3 weeks ago

The car belongs in Berlin': city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics say

Berlin is reverting to car-centric transport policies, intensifying conflicts over cycling, public transport investment, and urban road use.
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fromwww.thelocal.de
3 weeks ago

After six months, German's Merz faces mounting woes

Merz's coalition faces infighting, policy deadlock and falling poll ratings, threatening its capacity to counter the rising far-right AfD.
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fromPOLITICO
1 month ago

How to go from hero to zero, with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel

Centrist European leaders have swiftly lost influence as far-right and far-left parties gain ground amid public disillusionment and political scandals.
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2 months ago

Legacy of racist Nuremberg Laws still lingers in Germany DW 09/14/2025

German citizenship is defined by possession of a German passport and cannot be revoked; discrimination based on religion, origin, or language is unconstitutional.
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2 months ago

Why Chancellor Merz is concerned about local elections DW 09/12/2025

North Rhine-Westphalia local elections serve as a litmus test for Germany's new CDU/CSU-SPD federal coalition and influence key regional and national leaders' political futures.
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2 months ago

Germany updates: Sharp drop in asylum applications DW 09/11/2025

A Belgian festival canceled the Munich Philharmonic over its Israeli conductor's political stance; asylum applications and welfare recipients fell, and the SPD nominated Sigrid Emmenegger.
fromwww.thelocal.de
2 months ago

Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday

Members of Germany's Bundestag will convene on Wednesday for their first plenary session following the summer recess. To open proceedings, Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Federal Minister of Health Nina Warken (CDU) will answer questions from members of the German parliament. Their two ministries are responsible for major federal government projects. Pistorius is leading efforts to strengthen the Bundeswehr, while Warken is tasked with reforming hospitals, health insurance companies, and nursing care.
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