The German parliament has rejected immigration measures put forward by the conservative opposition and backed by the far-right. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who is tipped to be Germany’s next chancellor, had tried to rely on support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the second time in a week – but…
Germany is stuck in a deep economic crisis amid a structural break that the country’s leading industry lobby predicts will lead to the most protracted downturn since reunification nearly 35 years ago. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) forecasts the German economy to contract by 0.1% in 2025. That would follow a 0.2% decline in 2024…
At least two people have been killed, according to the head of the state government. Police have taken a Saudi national into custody. A car was driven into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday night. Two people have been killed, according to Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier, Reiner Haseloff,…
Germany’s eastern state of Thuringia elected a new premier on Thursday, after months of delicate negotiations ensured the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could be left out of government despite winning elections in September. Mario Voigt from the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) is set to govern in an unprecedented coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats…
Dec. 2 (UPI) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday where he was set to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and announce new funding for Ukraine. Scholze said he would announce $684 million in new military aid for Ukraine to be delivered this month as he declared that “Germany…
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to ask for a vote of confidence in his government on Dec. 16, paving the way for a new parliamentary election as early as February, German media reported Tuesday. The expected vote in the Bundestag would come well ahead of original plans, marking a step to…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his rebellious Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday (November 6), effectively ending the nation’s three-party coalition government. The decision followed weeks of intense disputes within the coalition, comprised of Scholz’s Social Democrats, Lindner’s Free Democrats, and the Greens. The chancellery confirmed the firing after a high-stakes meeting with senior members…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week. Last month, a deadly knife attack by a Syrian asylum-seeker in Soligen killed three people. The perpetrator claimed to…
After the news that Europe’s largest car producer VW may close two plants, experts are sounding the alarm that the downsizing of manufacturing isn’t just limited to the car industry. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) says companies need to evolve. As EU car companies struggle with the phasing out of combustion engines and…
BERLIN, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A German military base next to Cologne airport was temporarily sealed off on Wednesday and soldiers there were told not to drink tap water as authorities investigated possible sabotage, the military’s Territorial Command said. A guard detected a hole in the fence near the water processing plant of the barracks…