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CDU leader Friedrich Merz elected as German Chancellor on May 6th, 2025.

Merz Elected as Chancellor Hours After Failing First Vote

Tamás Orbán May 6, 2025

Being the first German chancellor in history who needed two rounds to be confirmed already casts doubts on the long-term viability of his government.

AfD Demands New Elections After Merz Fiasco

TEC News / AFP May 6, 2025

Weidel called on Merz to step aside and clear the way for a general election.

Merz Unexpectedly Fails To Secure Chancellorship in First Bundestag Vote

TEC News May 6, 2025

In what is seen as unprecedented in post-war German history, Merz failed to secure the majority needed to form a government in the first vote in the German federal parliament.

German Parliament Set to Vote on Merz as New Chancellor

TEC News April 14, 2025

The May 6th Bundestag meeting is to confirm the CDU leader as the new goverment’s head despite more than half of Germans finding him unsuitable.

Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

Javier Villamor March 26, 2025

Erecting a firewall against a right-wing populist party is practiced not only in Germany but across Western Europe by the usual centre-right establishment suspects.

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (L) listens as CDU president and chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz speaks on a ZDF television show in Berlin on February 13, 2025.

German Ruling Parties Want to Ban AfD “As Soon As Possible”

Zoltán Kottász March 24, 2025

The idea of getting rid of the ruling elites’ most significant political opponent has been discussed for many years, and now the Greens put it back on the agenda.

AfD Snubbed Again as Ex-Communist Set To Open Bundestag

Ildikó Bíró March 21, 2025

When there is a choice between a Stasi-informant Communist and an AfD politician, the German establishment chooses the former.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz (front row L) gestures next to the parliamentary group leader of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party Alexander Dobrindt (2ndL) during a debate on immigration at the Bundestag on January 31, 2025 in Berlin.

“Reminiscent of a Coup”: AfD Fights Merz’s Plan to Bypass Parliament

Zoltán Kottász March 7, 2025

The right-wing party is taking legal action to stop the outgoing Bundestag from approving a massive new debt plan before the newly elected parliament convenes.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz (L) and Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Lars Klingbeil look at each other as they hold a press conference on planned major defence and infrastructure investments in Berlin on March 4, 2025.

Merz Plots To Bypass German Parliament In 1 Trillion Rearmament Scheme

Zoltán Kottász March 5, 2025

“Absurd:” CDU and SPD aim to have debt-funded military and infrastructure spending approved before the new Bundestag forms.

The inscription ‘To the German People’ on the tympanum of the colonnade of the historic building of the Bundestag in Berlin

Bundestag Circumvents Own Rules To Deny AfD Deputy Speaker Position

Zoltán Kottász March 3, 2025

Mainstream parties in Germany continue to ignore the will of millions of voters by upholding the anti-AfD firewall.

Tag: Bundestag

Merz Elected as Chancellor Hours After Failing First Vote

AfD Demands New Elections After Merz Fiasco

Merz Unexpectedly Fails To Secure Chancellorship in First Bundestag Vote

German Parliament Set to Vote on Merz as New Chancellor

Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

German Ruling Parties Want to Ban AfD “As Soon As Possible”

AfD Snubbed Again as Ex-Communist Set To Open Bundestag

“Reminiscent of a Coup”: AfD Fights Merz’s Plan to Bypass Parliament

Merz Plots To Bypass German Parliament In 1 Trillion Rearmament Scheme

Bundestag Circumvents Own Rules To Deny AfD Deputy Speaker Position

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