Landmark German ruling to cut far-right party funding fuels debate on AfD

KARLSRUHE/BERLIN Germany, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Germany can cut off public funding to the radical right-wing party Die Heimat, the Constitutional Court said on Tuesday in a landmark ruling which stirred up a debate on whether a similar step could … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – January 12, 2024

Greetings from Tyler, They tell us protest is what the United States is built upon.  We’ve seen “protests” go wrong, ending up in mass looting events, with no effort to put a stop to it. Protesters have free reign, because … Read More

Germany Ends Ban on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia Imposed After Khashoggi, Sells Missiles

BERLIN (AP) – The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening of its hard line of recent years toward arms exports to the kingdom. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit on Wednesday confirmed a … Read More

German farmers block roads with tractors in subsidies protest

Partial U-turn by Berlin fails to avert week-long nationwide action that government says could be co-opted by rightwing extremists German farmers blocked city centres, highways and motorway slip roads with tractors at the start of a week-long, nationwide protest over … Read More

Can’t Beat Em, Ban Em: Governing German Party Suggests Banning Surging Populist Opposition AfD

The leader of the left-wing Social Democrat Party (SPD) of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suggested banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party amid the right-wing populist party’s surge in the polls. SPD leader Saskia Esken said this week that … Read More

Germany Will Deploy Troops for First Time Since World War II

A new agreement between Germany and Lithuania will lead to German troops’ first permanent foreign deployment since World War II. The announcement was made Monday in Lithuania, where Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas met with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, to … Read More

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