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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.

Court Slaps Down Political Elites Over AfD Judge Exclusion

Zoltán Kottász September 18, 2025

The ruling is a reminder that while establishment parties seek to sideline the AfD, the German constitution guarantees equal access to public office.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) (L) applauded by CSU leader Markus Söder

CDU Floats New Rules to Instate Far-Left Constitutional Court Candidate

Tamás Orbán July 21, 2025

Either option—electing judges with a simple majority or eliminating the plenary vote altogether—would open the door for abortion liberalization and experimenting with AfD bans.

Germany The Greens party co-chairs Franziska Brantner (2ndL) and Felix Banaszak (L) with parliamentary group co-leaders Katharina Droege (2ndR) and Britta Hasselmann (R) give a press statement in Berlin on March 10, 2025.

Merz To Give In to Greens To Push Through Massive Borrowing?

Zoltán Kottász March 11, 2025

The CDU leader’s dependence on the Greens to send Germany neck-deep into debt will likely end in more climate spending unless the constitutional court blocks the debate in the old Bundestag.

Tag: German constitution

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

Court Slaps Down Political Elites Over AfD Judge Exclusion

CDU Floats New Rules to Instate Far-Left Constitutional Court Candidate

Merz To Give In to Greens To Push Through Massive Borrowing?

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