German Greens’ shock after its motion passes with votes of AfD
A seemingly irrelevant vote in the state parliament of Saxony has turned into a showcase of the hysteria affecting much of Germany’s political class.
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Germany’s former vice chancellor Habeck pays €12,000 to avoid defamation proceedings
Robert Habeck, Germany’s former Greens party vice chancellor, has agreed to pay €12,000 to end proceedings brought against him by political competitor, the left-wing…
More than 800 appeals against German general election already filed
The Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, has received more than 800 appeals against the February 23 general election so far, according to the parliamentary administration.
Germany’s BSW party launches legal challenge over alleged election ‘irregularities’
Germany’s left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) party has said it would take legal action against the results of Germany's federal election on February 23,…
Majority of German Muslims choose left-wing parties in election, poll shows
Almost four in five German Muslim voters backed left-wing parties in the country's national election, a new survey has shown.
No Saxony coalition without Covid amnesty, stance against US missiles, Wagenknecht warns
A coalition involving the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in Saxony would only be possible if the coalition agreement created a Covid amnesty…
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.”
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),…
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…
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…
Germany’s BSW lacks MEP numbers to form EP bloc
The BSW, which has ruled out joining the Left, will sit with the so-called Non-Inscrits
Exit polls: AfD surges to second largest German party in EP
Exit polls have predicted that the German populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has become the second-largest German party in the European Parliament.
German EU elections: Will Populism triumph in June?
"Conservatives, in fact, are mostly losers."
Between AfD and Wagenknecht, political change sweeps Saxony
Saxony, Germany A wave of political change is sweeping Germany's state of Saxony.
Germany’s CDU may ‘expand firewall’ over new BSW party
Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may expand its so-called "firewall" to include the new left-wing populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) party, a senior…
Germany’s new party BSW comes out all guns blazing
BSW, Sahra Wagenknecht's new left-wing faction in Germany, has presented its draft European Union programme.
New left-wing party in Germany bares its teeth
German left-wing firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party has come out swinging, with a strong 14 per cent of support in latest INSA polls.
Germany’s new left-wing firebrand Wagenknecht defends AfD and Orbán
Wagenknecht wants to convince AfD voters to give her their vote, because she disagrees with the party on economic and social policy
Ex-AfD members joining new German left-wing populists’ party ‘unimaginable’, says its chairwoman
Germany's newly formed left-wing populist party will not allow former Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) politicians to join it, the group's chairwoman Amira Mohamed…
German firebrand launches left-wing rival to AfD
Named after herself, the long-rumoured Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has been billed as a major threat to the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party…