German party leaders are united against immigration – but there is little evidence for a key part of their argument
At the centre of the immigration debate is the notion of “welfare magnetism”: the idea that migrants are drawn to Germany by ...
Hungary’s Orbán meets head of far-right German party AfD, calling her ‘the future of Germany’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for ...
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Factbox-What kind of coalition government could Germany have after the election?
Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost certainly have to form a ...
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West 'buried' Minsk agreements, disregarding Donbass people — Russian diplomat
Maria Zakharova recalled that in 2022-2023, former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and then ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande, too, acknowledged in ...
Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...
Germany’s Would-Be Chancellor Tries to Get Back on Cruise Control
Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...
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Germany’s “business model is gone”, warns Friedrich Merz
Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...
History won’t repeat itself in Germany. But it might rhyme.
BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...
Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.
If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...
Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important
The frontrunner in the race to run Germany is Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats (CDU) are up to 10 points ahead in ...
Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...
German election race heats up as leading parties push for stricter migration laws
German national elections approaching with migration at the forefront, leading parties CDU and AfD call for stricter ...