An open revolt has broken out in Berlin against Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with members of his own left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPD) pushing for him to be replaced as their lead candidate in the upcoming elections.
The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is officially the strongest faction in East Germany following the regional elections in Brandenburg on Sunday.
A bombshell report has found that Germany could have been more effective at reducing its carbon footprint while saving hundreds of billions of euros if it had invested in nuclear power rather than green energy projects.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday that he plans to seek another term in office next year, despite trailing in the polls.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has shut down calls for an election despite a humiliating defeat in the EU Parliament elections.
Germany said Monday it recalled its ambassador to Russia Berlin following an alleged hacking attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party.
Germany accused Russia of hacking the top echelons of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party and other sensitive government and industrial targets
The leader of the left-wing Social Democrat Party suggested banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party amid its surge in the polls.
The grave of former left-wing German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was defaced with swastika graffiti on Friday in Hamburg.
The Alternative for Germany party has surged to its highest level of support as populist policies continue to gain traction in the country.
The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has overtaken the left-wing Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Sholz in popular support.
Right-wing wins spell end of the Marin govt, perhaps best known for partying when she was, by her own virus rules, supposed to be quarantined.
Officials within Germany’s federal government are reportedly pushing for a bill to legalise cannabis in the country to be drawn up “as soon as possible”.
Senior politicians within one ruling German party are demanding that authorities crack down on Twitter after the platform was bought by Elon Musk.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for the coronavirus, his spokesman told the news agency dpa on Monday.
While Swedish populists are celebrating their greatest electoral victory yet, late mail-in ballots could change the tight race yet.
Sweden’s leftist government has proposed lowering the age limit for people legally changing gender from 18 to 16 as part of a new gender recognition law.
Germany’s parliament approved raising the country’s minimum wage to 12 euros per hour, fulfilling a campaign pledge of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Ukraine’s leading English-language state media outlet has traduced Germany’s political class, including Angela Merkel and the sitting Chancellor and President, as bearing “collective responsibility” for having “effectively encouraged” Russian aggression.
A report in a major Austrian newspaper has claimed that the country’s new regime of forced vaccination has had no positive effect on jab uptake in the nation’s capital.
Germany’s new pro-forced vax Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has seen his popularity tank in the polls after only a few weeks in office.
Berlin’s Constitutional Court announced that it will be reviewing last month’s election results, amid widespread reports of irregularities.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc sought to win over the environmentalist Greens for a possible coalition on Tuesday.
Exit polls released after polls closed in the German Federal election revealed a neck-and-neck race between the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with their Bavarian allies and the left-wing Social Democrats (SPD).
A report has uncovered a Berlin government-backed paedophile network that actively sought to place homeless children with paedophiles.
Abdirahim “Husu” Hussein, a Social Democratic Party politician in Helsinki, admitted to making up a hate hoax story because he was “angry”.
TEL AVIV – Citing the anti-semitic “blood libel-esque” views of Linda Sarsour as well as Tamika Mallory’s association with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, an NGO associated Germany’s left-of-center Social Democratic Party has cancelled a plan to honor the U.S. Women’s March movement with a human rights award
Germany’s insurgent right-wing populist party has overtaken the left-leaning Social Democrats to become the nation’s second most popular political force for the first time, a poll shows.
(BLOOMBERG) — Germany’s Social Democrats backed formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel after a divisive party convention, marking a potential breakthrough toward her fourth term and an easing of political uncertainty in Europe’s biggest economy.
BERLIN (AP) — Members of the center-left Social Democratic Party in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state have voted against a proposed national-level coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc.
BERLIN (AP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party and the centre-left Social Democrats are starting talks on forming a new government, attempting to break an impasse more than three months after the country’s election.
A billion-dollar deal which would have seen Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) leasing Heron-2 drones to the German Air Force was scrapped Wednesday from the German agenda amid objections by coalition parties opposed to their offensive capabilities.
Austria’s ruling Social Democratic Party seeks to impose a “digital barter” tax on online services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
The General Secretary of the German Social Democrats, led by former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, has said she wants Britain to hold a second referendum on EU membership now that it knows “what a Brexit would mean”.
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German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said “It is no longer unthinkable” for the EU to break apart in light of the Brexit referendum, migrant crisis, and ongoing troubles in the Eurozone.
A German lawmaker launched an investigation involving a German school teacher and his alleged antisemitic statements and conduct at a public school in the city of Oldenburg in the state of Lower Saxony.
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Despite politicians’ insistence that migrants who poured into Sweden last year were highly educated and would be an economic boon, SEB economist Johan Javeus has warned that the newcomers are low skilled, and a “ticking time bomb” in the labour market.
Contents: Austria deeply split between far-right and left-liberal candidates; Austria’s election part of a world-wide move to the right with deep polarization
