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One Year On, Merz Faces Restless CDU and Rising AfD

Zoltán Kottász February 20, 2026

Excuses for failure: at the CDU’s national party congress, Friedrich Merz defended his record, his debt U-turn, and his refusal to cooperate with the AfD.

Gender Quotas: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question

Sabine Beppler-Spahl February 19, 2026

The hollow claim that a quota would enhance democratic representation is glaring in light of the systematic exclusion of the right-populist AfD.

Flatulence vs. Fossil Fuels: Germany’s 2030 Climate Plan

TEC News February 10, 2026

The draft program includes cow methane monitoring, EV incentives, and major infrastructure upgrades to get the country to ‘net zero’ by 2045.

SPD Women Reject CDU Proposal to Ban Full Face Veil

TEC News January 29, 2026

Sections of the German Left now argue that restrictions on face coverings would undermine women’s autonomy.

A carnival float, depicting Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party metamorphosing from a blue to a brown character, stands in front of the city hall in Düsseldorf, Germany on February 8, 2016.

German Government-Funded Brochure Labels Conservatives as Extremists

Zolta Sitkei January 20, 2026

The document, funded by the taxpayers of Germany, labels patriotic-sovereignist AfD as an extremist party.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš speaks to journalists prior to a meeting with the leaders of the European political party Patriots.eu ahead of the European Council in Brussels on December 17, 2025.

Czechia First: Babiš Blocks Jet Sale to Ukraine

Michael Curzon January 19, 2026

The patriotic-sovereignist coalition says the country needs the aircraft for its own defence.

SPD’s Solution to Economic Crisis: More Migrants, Tax the Rich

Christina Holmgren-Larson January 10, 2026

Cracks are widening in Merz’s coalition as Social Democrats push for more immigration while the CSU calls for increased deportations.

AfD Brandenburg leader Hans-Christoph Berndt at a press conference in Berlin in 2023

AfD Demands New Elections After Brandenburg Government Collapses

TEC News January 6, 2026

The local AfD leader called the state government “simply incapable and inadequate.”

Merz’s Fantasy of Leading Europe

Richard J. Schenk January 5, 2026

Eight months into his time in office, Germany’s chancellor has ceded strategy, leverage, and initiative to others.

ANO party leader and Prime Minister-elect Andrej Babiš (3rd R) answers to journalists after signing a new coalition government agreement with the leader of SPD party Tomio Okamura (2nd L) and the leader of Motorists for Themselves party Petr Macinka (R) at the Czech Parliament in Prague on November 3, 2025.

New Czech Government To Swiftly Reject EU Migration Pact and ETS2 Scheme

Zoltán Kottász December 5, 2025

Andrej Babiš’s government will break with Brussels’ agenda on its first day in office.

Tag: SPD

One Year On, Merz Faces Restless CDU and Rising AfD

Gender Quotas: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question

Flatulence vs. Fossil Fuels: Germany’s 2030 Climate Plan

SPD Women Reject CDU Proposal to Ban Full Face Veil

German Government-Funded Brochure Labels Conservatives as Extremists

Czechia First: Babiš Blocks Jet Sale to Ukraine

SPD’s Solution to Economic Crisis: More Migrants, Tax the Rich

AfD Demands New Elections After Brandenburg Government Collapses

Merz’s Fantasy of Leading Europe

New Czech Government To Swiftly Reject EU Migration Pact and ETS2 Scheme

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