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Return Program Pays Off Migrants—who then Re-Enter Germany

TEC News February 2, 2026

Most voluntary returnees came from Turkey and Syria, with Germany covering travel, family, and medical costs to support their departures.

Thuringia’s CDU Prime Minister Survives Plagiarism Row

TEC News January 29, 2026

Mario Voigt announced he will challenge his university’s decision to withdraw his doctorate.

SPD Women Reject CDU Proposal to Ban Full Face Veil

TEC News January 29, 2026

Sections of the German Left now argue that restrictions on face coverings would undermine women’s autonomy.

CDU Women’s Union Proposes Ban on Full Face Veils in Public Spaces

TEC News January 26, 2026

Promoting the ‘self-determination of women’—and written to oppose ‘any form of forced veiling’—a new measure is likely to cause controversy.

Germany Spends €6 Million on “Gender-Responsive Forest Management” Project in India

TEC News January 14, 2026

CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to India, aiming to reinforce diplomatic and economic relations with the South Asian regional power and its 1.5 billion people.

Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Daniel Günther (CDU)

Germany’s Free Speech Row Deepens After CDU Leader Backs Media Bans

Zoltán Kottász January 9, 2026

Calls by CDU premier Daniel Günther to ban critical media are not an aberration but a symptom of a political culture in which dissent is treated as a problem to be eliminated.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands at a microphone during a question time at the Bundestag in Berlin on December 17, 2025.

Berlin Outage: The Consequence of Ignoring Leftist Extremism

Michael Curzon January 6, 2026

The sabotage plans have been known for months, but German officials have been too busy bashing the AfD.

Merz’s Fantasy of Leading Europe

Richard J. Schenk January 5, 2026

Eight months into his time in office, Germany’s chancellor has ceded strategy, leverage, and initiative to others.

Merz Government Continues Funding Left-Wing NGOs

TEC News December 6, 2025

Millions of euros were allocated to these organisations in the 2025 budget despite CDU’s pre-election promise to overhaul the subsidies.

A Bundeswehr non-commissioned officer observes U.S. Army soldiers firing during a German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge qualification at a training area in Germany in 2019.

Bundestag Approves Voluntary Military Service for 18-Year-Olds

TEC News December 5, 2025

As Berlin reshapes its defence policy, it is also battling tensions over a major pensions reform that could strain its fragile coalition.

Tag: CDU

Return Program Pays Off Migrants—who then Re-Enter Germany

Thuringia’s CDU Prime Minister Survives Plagiarism Row

SPD Women Reject CDU Proposal to Ban Full Face Veil

CDU Women’s Union Proposes Ban on Full Face Veils in Public Spaces

Germany Spends €6 Million on “Gender-Responsive Forest Management” Project in India

Germany’s Free Speech Row Deepens After CDU Leader Backs Media Bans

Berlin Outage: The Consequence of Ignoring Leftist Extremism

Merz’s Fantasy of Leading Europe

Merz Government Continues Funding Left-Wing NGOs

Bundestag Approves Voluntary Military Service for 18-Year-Olds

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