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CSU Leader Opposes AfD Ban, But Backs Federal ‘Extremist’ Label
Söder still pushes for the nationwide classification even though it has had no effect on AfD’s popularity in three eastern German states.
Söder still pushes for the nationwide classification even though it has had no effect on AfD’s popularity in three eastern German states.
Voters in Bavaria and Hesse have severely punished the leftist government in Berlin.
Arnold Vaatz, similarly to his colleague Hans-George Maassen, contends the Union parties have “developed into followers who now ape what the Greens, the left-wing parties, and the media they control think up in terms of such rules.”
German taxpayers have paid out a total of €132.8 billion to foreign recipients of Hartz IV social welfare aid since 2010.
The federal interior ministry—generally responsible for determining whose asylum claims are legitimate—has outsourced this task to the approximately 100 NGOs involved in the program.
Several political notables—from Germany and other European states—have been quick to distance themselves from Baerbock’s comments.
“The new majority may be formed by the People’s Party, Conservative and Reformists, and Identity and Democracy. The rapprochement between the ECR and the EPP and the Meloni-Weber talks should be seen as a step taken toward this end,” Francesco Giubilei, a special Italian ministerial advisor, said.
It is unclear exactly how Merz will pivot from the CDU’s former centrism and remain distinct from rightist-populist competitor AfD.
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