Category: Politics
First round of voting for chancellor failed
(de-news.net) – Friedrich Merz’s bid for the office of chancellor failed in the first round of voting on Tuesday. No second vote will take place…
Bundestag: Spahn, Hoffmann, and Miersch (to be) elected parliamentary leaders
(de-news.net) – A reshuffling of leadership is marking a significant transition ahead of the anticipated formation of the new German government. Jens Spahn (CDU) has…
Black-red coalition signs agreement, SPD announces cabinet team
(de-news.net) – The leadership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), and Social Democratic Party (SPD) have signed their coalition agreement in…
AfD submits legal challenge after being reclassified by the BfV
(de-news.net) – A spokesperson for Alternative for Germany (AfD) Chairperson Alice Weidel stated that a formal challenge had been submitted to the Cologne Administrative Court….
Continued debates on how to proceed after AfD reclassification
(de-news.net) – Following the reclassification of the AfD as unequivocally right‐extremist by the domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, the debate regarding the handling…
Political debates after the AfD’s reclassification
(de-news.net) – The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, Germany’s domestic intelligence and security agency, has reclassified the AfD from a suspected right-wing extremist entity to one that…
Before the departure of Olaf Scholz as German Chancellor
(de-news.net) – Acting Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, addressing the Evangelical Church Congress in Hanover, has called upon the citizens of Germany to embrace both solidarity…
Frei and Dobrinth confirm tightened border controls
(de-news.net) – Thorsten Frei (CDU), the designated Chancellor’s Office Minister, and Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), the designated Federal Interior Minister, have both announced measures to further…
SPD’s vote on coalition agreement welcomed by Union parties
(de-news.net) – The CDU and CSU have welcomed the SPD’s positive member vote on the coalition agreement. Friedrich Merz, the designated Federal Chancellor (CDU), stated…
Germany to implement stricter asylum measures starting May 6
(de-news.net) – Germany’s future Chief of the Federal Chancellery, Thorsten Frei (CDU), has announced that the incoming government will introduce significantly stricter regulations for asylum…
CDU convention approves coalition agreeement
(de-news.net) – The CDU has approved the coalition agreement with the SPD, which was endorsed on Monday at a small party convention in Berlin with…
Appointments among the CDU/CSU to new federal government
(de-news.net) – The CDU has outlined appointments for the new federal government, receiving strong approval from its presidium. Thorsten Frei is set to lead the…
