German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...
What happened in the German parliament and why is the far right hailing it as a ‘historic’ moment?
In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...
Merkel criticizes leader of her own party for cooperating with German far right
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...
German politicians signal to Syrian asylum seekers: It’s time to go home
Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented migrants from the United States.
Germany’s Christian Democrats unite with far-right AfD against refugees
For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made ...
German Industrial SMEs Push Back On The Country’s Economic Policies
German industry has for years called out high energy prices and poor economic policies for making them uncompetitive. A ...
German parliament backs resolution on migration with far-right votes
Germany's opposition conservatives won parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a proposal to drastically restrict migration ...
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How do Germany's leading political parties plan to fix the economy and boost jobs?
The Bundestag will be re-elected in a few weeks in the middle of a recession that Germany just can't seem to shake. So what kind of economic policies are the parties proposing?
Musk blasted by union, Scholz’s SPD over German politicking
Germany’s most powerful labor union and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats slammed US billionaire Elon Musk’s ...
Germany’s economic model is broken, and no one has a plan B
The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering ...
Elon Musk tells far-right German political party 'there is too much focus on past guilt'
"Children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents," Musk said, apparently ...
With Germany heading to the polls—will the government be able to turn around its crisis-hit economy in time?
Auto industry jobs have long been the lifeblood of the German town of Luedenscheid but now, a trade union official says, the ...