21 Jun 2021

Germany’s Left party plans to scrap NATO, end troop deployments

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The socialist Left party has adopted its policy platform for Germany’s September general election. Internationally, it is calling for NATO to be replaced and an end to troop deployments. Among its manifesto commitments, the party advocates an end to all … Read More
4 Sep 2017

Germany’s small parties go for the jugular

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BERLIN — Germany’s moribund election campaign just got interesting. A day after Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat challenger Martin Schulz muddled through a television standoff lampooned as “more of a duet than a duel,” the country’s smaller parties … Read More