AfD achieves electoral success in Lower Saxony, FDP falls out of parliament
“We acted as a united federal and state party,” said the Alternative for Germany leader Tino Chrupalla
Germany’s conservative AfD party is rising in the polls
Polling also shows the ruling government coalition would no longer have a majority to rule if an election were held now
Germany: 9 women reportedly spiked with date-rape drugs at left-wing SPD ‘summer bash’
Date-rape drugs were reportedly used at the summer event hosted by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party
Germany’s far-left government pushes amnesty for 100,000 illegal immigrants
The German government is treading a dangerous and odd path within the EU with its radical amnesty proposal, according to a top CDU official
Germany’s CDU falls into the arms of the Greens
Germany’s once conservative CDU is increasingly aligning itself with the far left Green Party
Berlin mayor vows to speed up German naturalization for foreign nationals
Almost half a million immigrants in Berlin are entitled to citizenship
Germany: SPD suffers historic defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia
Even worse than the SPD are the economic liberals of the FDP, who barely earned 5 percent
Czech right-wing party urges temporary shelter to Ukrainian refugees and then a quick return home
Ukrainians should receive assistance from Czechia as long as it does not impact negatively on the lives of Czechs, says Radim Fiala from the Freedom and Direct Democracy party
Germany’s far-left interior minister wants to teach about right-wing extremism in kindergarten
Germany’s far-left interior minister wants to start educating children about the dangers of right-wing extremism in kindergarten but makes no mention of left-wing extremism or radical Islam
Secret Stasi files reveal the communist-sympathizing past of Germany’s new chancellor
Olaf Scholz’s radical past and communist sympathizing would normally disqualify him from holding any higher office in former Soviet countries like Hungary or Poland
German Social Democrats intent on forming a government this year
The Social Democrats have intensified preliminary talks with their likely future coalition partners, the Greens and the Liberal Free Democrats
After the elections, Germany’s hostile foreign policy towards Poland could change
Germany will not carry out its foreign policy regarding Poland as aggressively after the Bundestag elections because there will no longer be such a dominant party in Germany, believes Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Polska Tomasz Sakiewicz
Scholz’s weakness on the road to Germany’s chancellor office? The hard left within his own SPD party
While at meetings with voters, Olaf Scholz and Kevin Kühnert stand side by side, when in reality they are irreconcilable rivals fighting for control over the SPD
Radical rewrite of German political map could be imminent
Protest bans, property seizures, and a move away from market-based free enterprise will characterize a new left-wing German government, according to German historian Reiner Zitelmann
Germany: Merkel’s party crashes, left-wing SPD takes the polling lead for upcoming federal elections
SPD records the best result in pre-election polls in four years, raising the prospect of a center-left government
Germany’s Social Democrats elect Olaf Scholz as chancellor candidate
Scholz pledges to build a “society of respect” in Germany
Germany: Regional SPD party wants more government jobs to go to migrants
The party is not sure how to define migrant background
New German proposal for a European army would be harmful for Poland
‘We have space’: German politicians and activists call for more migrants
What does the future hold for the social democrats?
In many countries, the social democratic movement is struggling, and social democrats are vacating their positions across Europe. Some experts tend to think it may just be an end of an era.
The fall of German socialists
The elections in Bavaria brought above all the historic defeat of the SPD. The dilemma of the party is obvious: social democracy cannot survive hand in hand with the grand coalition.
I support Czexit, the EU is risky for us
Ladislav Jakl, Secretary of the ex-President Václav Klaus, criticized bureaucracy in the EU and also explained why he had decided to be a Senate candidate for the far-right SPD.