

CDU Takes Berlin in Rerun Elections
While the Right failed to take the majority, the swing of Berlin’s vote raises questions about Germany’s future direction.
While the Right failed to take the majority, the swing of Berlin’s vote raises questions about Germany’s future direction.
Despite the Union’s foreign policy spokesman’s statements, it remains to be seen whether the apparent rapprochement between the ECR and the EPP will lead to a common strategy at the European level.
He urged lawmakers to seriously consider why New Year’s Eve ‘celebrations’ have become increasingly violent over the years, in the same places with the same participants.
The interior minister’s statements come two months after 12 of the 16 federal states had to block the intake of additional asylum seekers.
A new center-right party, the Bündnis Deutschland (BD), was founded by 50 ex-members of other German parties. The BD aims to be the voice of the neglected middle class, but the media has already framed it as right-wing.
Fourteen months after the chaotic elections in Berlin, the constitutional court ruled the entire election invalid. New elections must now be held within 90 days.
The statement, spoken by a prominent member of the Thuringian state parliament for the CDU, come as polls have indicated the AfD is the most popular party in the state.
These three politicians may not belong to AfD, but their turn toward conservative principles allies them with the Right in common sense and civic discourse.
One of Germany’s largest nitrogen plants, responsible for producing fertilizer and AdBlue supplements for trucks, has halted production, putting crops and supply chains at severe risk.
After losing several German states to the Social-Democrats, the Christian-Democrats of the CDU have won two elections within 8 days. But the real winners are the Green party, who have established themselves as unquestioned kingmakers.