Economic stagnation ‘the best Germany can hope for’
Germany is about to downgrade its economic forecast for 2024, with authorities now hoping to register zero growth this year, according to a report from the international…
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Germany’s Green party leadership resigns after election wipe-outs
The leadership of the German Greens have announced their resignations after their party experienced multiple State election wipe-outs.
Wagenknecht and the rest need to remember who helped Germany rebuild
It is a hackneyed cliché to say about Germany that it was too late unified, took too long to decide whether it was an Eastern or Western-facing country, and could…
AfD claims to be ‘party of the future’ after big youth vote
While many analyses of Germany have tended to focus on East versus West, an equally telling divide has become evident between young people and their older compatriots.
Socialists just top AfD to win Brandenburg State election
Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has come out on top in the Brandenburg State elections, narrowly beating the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), while…
Poll shows public confidence in German Government down to 3 per cent
A poll by the Allensbach Institute, a German public opinion research institute, has shown that only 3 per cent of respondents believe the ruling left-wing coalition…
German State TV said actor who turned against AfD during show was ‘ordinary citizen’
An amateur actor who underwent a radical change of heart regarding the hard-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) during a TV show was described as a "clerk"…
AfD blocking minority in Saxony possible as likely ally steps in
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) blocking minority in the Saxony State parliament is once again a possibility after a likely ally of the party entered the fray.
Germany announces border crackdown amid continuing collapse of Schengen free movement zone
The German Government has announced a new border-control crackdown in the country ahead of its next State-level elections.
German Socialists turns up heat on Chancellor Scholz
After the dismal results in the State elections of Saxony and Thuringia, Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentarians are starting to question German Chancellor…
AfD Brandenburg support spikes as Greens risk zero-seat election result
Support for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is surging in Brandenburg ahead of the State's parliament elections this month, data gathered…
Auto worker ‘peasants’ may force Volkswagen to stay in Germany, downplay China
Courtier: “Sire, the peasants, they’re revolting!” King Louis XVI: “I know that, they stink on ice.”
In Thuringia two ‘extremist’ parties took half the vote, so where is the centre now?
Every time a populist-Right party is elected, the headlines are predictable.
German State elections experiment suggests AI has leftist bias
According to an experiment by Swiss data journalists with the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, artificially intelligent chatbots are pro-veganism, anti-deportations…
Peter Liese MEP: East Germany coalition talks could ‘moderate’ Wagenknecht party
Negotiations to build Right-Left coalition governments in eastern Germany could possibly "moderate" the policies of the populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW),…
Voting populist in Europe? We are all a bit East German now
There were many factors behind the strong election performances of the two populist parties, Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Union (BSW),…
Alternative for Germany wins big in State elections
German State elections in Saxony and Thuringia saw the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party make big gains while anti-establishment firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht's…
East Germany: Ruling parties face cataclysm amid support surge for both hard-left and hard-right
Germany's ruling coalition faces a potential cataclysm in the country's east as populist parties surge ahead of next month's regional elections
German leftist party leader Wagenknecht attacked with paint at campaign rally
The leader of Germany's Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was attacked with pink paint on Thursday at a campaign rally in the Eastern German state of Thuringia, where…
German bishop instructs Christians not to vote AfD ahead of regional elections
A senior bishop in Germany has again ordered Christians in the country not to vote for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Tens of thousands demonstrate against AfD after stabbings in Solingen
After a deadly knife attack in the German city of Solingen, tens of thousands took to the streets to march against Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony and…
German Christian Democrats decry drop in Socialist support ahead of state elections
Senior Christian Democrats in Germany have decried the drop in public support for the country's Socialists ahead of key regional elections in the country's east.
Populist challenge leads stodgy German parties towards political chaos
The smallest party in Germany’s tripartite government, the Free Democrats (FDP), have been angering their coalition allies with a series of recent policy pronouncements.
Evangelical Church kicks out local leader over AfD links
An evangelical church in Germany has removed one of its members from all of his leadership roles as a result of his links to the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
After the summer, an awkward menu of decisions waits for European leaders
The traditional August vacation means a likely slow month for European political news.
AfD politician fined €50,000 for calling journalist a ‘fascist’
Stephan Brandner, a politician with the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has been fined €50,000 for referring to a journalist as a "fascist".
Germany’s hard-left Wagenknecht presses potential allies on Ukraine anti-war stance
German political parties are said to be open to co-operating with the hard-left party of Sahra Wagenknecht in regional government coalitions, but she has made it…
German Christian Democrat leader wants to work with hard-left to block AfD
Markus Söder, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria, wants its allied Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to work with the hard-left Sahra Wagenknecht…
Just one third of SPD would support Scholz as next chancellor, poll reveals
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not enjoy widespread support among the German Socialists of the SPD party, according to the latest Forsa poll.
Leading German journalist union says AfD should be shunned
The German Journalists' Association (DJV), one of Europe's largest journalists' organisations, has come out against the hard Right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…