Germany: How stagnant economy is fuelling polarisation, conservatism
Many Germans feel that they are not benefiting from Germany’s once-strong economy. Public frustration with the economic ...
Social Democrats lead Hamburg state election: early results
A week after a poor showing in Germany's federal elections, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left party has won more than 30% of the vote, according to preliminary official results.
The Man Who Would Remake Europe
Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore up Ukraine’s sovereignty and defend Europe from Russia with or without the ...
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Germany's far-right AfD wants to win 45% in regional vote next year
Inspired by big gains in last week's parliamentary elections, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is setting its ...
German election: CDU, SPD seek common ground
Most of Germany's major political parties are due to hold press conferences to discuss the aftermath of the election. The SPD ...
Austria's 3-way coalition gets final vote of approval
After a five-month wait, the Alpine nation's new government is set to be sworn in after the third member of a proposed ...
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Crossed Wires: Immigration — the hot and angry core that unites the global right
It is common cause to claim that anti-immigrant rhetoric is discriminatory, bigoted or racist. Perhaps so, but the issue is more complex than that.
The Democrats’ young man problem is real
That cultural shift among Democrats, which includes the party’s embrace of identity politics and progressive social ...