The 9,500-Vote Question: Does Chancellor Merz Still Have a Majority? Richard J. Schenk December 3, 2025 The incentives are plain: the CDU/CSU–SPD majority has no reason to risk its power by triggering a recount.
Is German Politics Dominated by Cartel Parties? Sabine Beppler-Spahl November 27, 2025 Is there any better expression to describe the mechanisms maintaining the political power of parties that have been losing votes for years?
AfD Maintains Edge in New Poll TEC News October 5, 2025 Governing parties slump to weakest numbers since taking office.
Germany’s Welfare Model Has Reached the End of the Road Sven R. Larson August 26, 2025 Chancellor Merz has conceded that Germany can no longer sustain its expansive welfare state—a fiscal surrender to economic reality that other nations may soon be forced to replicate.
Merz: Germany’s Welfare State No Longer Financially Viable Zoltán Kottász August 25, 2025 The chancellor navigates a delicate path between coalition demands and AfD voter appeal.
Germany Ponders Reintroduction of Compulsory Military Service TEC News June 23, 2025 While the centre-right CDU party welcomes the move, the Social Democrats are split on the issue.
How Germany’s Bureaucratic War on AfD Destroys Democracy From Within Sabine Beppler-Spahl May 7, 2025 The establishment’s authoritarian power plays are eroding the already low level of public trust.
German ‘Ministry of Truth’ to Guard ‘Free Opinion’ Sabine Beppler-Spahl April 16, 2025 Since existing fact-checkers have failed to redirect political discourse toward the government line, new censorship laws are deemed necessary.
