Senior CDU figures are signalling openness to cooperation with Die Linke in eastern Germany, ignoring the right-wing AfD that keeps surging in the polls.
Rather than lifting us out of our current political trench warfare, the dispute over a reference to God in the Saarland constitutional preamble merely illuminates it.
In a significant escalation of the “fortified democracy” doctrine, Saxony’s CDU-led ministry has authorized investigations into civil servants based on social media activity and tips from workplace colleagues.
The German government is moving to close what it sees as a critical security gap, by mandating that internet providers hold connection data for three months to assist in the fight against child pornography and cyber-fraud.
