BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in backing a migration bill that thereby failed to pass in parliament.
About 6,000 people demonstrated this Thursday in Berlin in front of the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in protest against the conservative party's decision, which is favored in the polls,
Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing parties. After a dramatic week of campaign politics and anti-immigrant rhetoric,
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Tens of thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
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Germany's government has slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the country’s economy, Europe’s biggest, to just 0.3% after it shrank for two consecutive years.
The German economy is in deep crisis, with gross domestic product likely to contract 0.1% this year, the BDI industry association said on Tuesday, putting it on track for three years of declining growth for the first time since reunification.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion to relocate Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza to Jordan and Egypt "unacceptable."
The Left party (Die Linke) officially launched its parliamentary election campaign in Berlin, led by candidates Jan van Aken, Ines Schwerdtner, and Heidi Reichinnek. Camera: Hannibal Hanschke. Resources of the launch of Die Linke's campaign in Berlin,