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CDU leader Friedrich Merz (right) and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Incoming German Government To Push for More EU Lawfare Against Conservatives

Tamás Orbán March 31, 2025

The CDU-SPD coalition will demand that Brussels withhold more funds and take away the voting rights of member states that do not subscribe to “EU values.”

Friedrich Merz (R), leader of Germany's CDU, talks with Lars Klingbeil, co-leader of the SPD

German Coalition Talks Hit Bump as AfD Support Reaches All-Time High

Zoltán Kottász March 25, 2025

The negotiating parties have praised each other in public but behind the scenes it is all chaos

Delegates browse newspapers during the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) annual convention in Berlin on December 4, 2011.

German Socialists Want To Hand Taxpayer Cash to Friendly Media

Michael Curzon March 25, 2025

Critics accuse the SPD of trying to give state funds to “preemptively obedient government propaganda.”

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (L) listens as CDU president and chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz speaks on a ZDF television show in Berlin on February 13, 2025.

German Ruling Parties Want to Ban AfD “As Soon As Possible”

Zoltán Kottász March 24, 2025

The idea of getting rid of the ruling elites’ most significant political opponent has been discussed for many years, and now the Greens put it back on the agenda.

People demonstrate with a placard reading "Stop Merz" against Friedrich Merz, the leader of conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and candidate for Chancellor, on February 20, 2025 in Darmstadt, western Germany, before he arrives to attend a campaign event in this town, three days before the parlimentary elections.

Has Merz Suddenly Lost Interest in Left-Wing NGOs’ Funding Secrets?

Zoltán Kottász March 17, 2025

The outgoing left-liberal government has ducked key questions on woke protest groups receiving taxpayer cash.

Officers of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) escort a group of migrants

German Social Democrats Want Half a Million Migrants per Year

Zoltán Kottász March 13, 2025

The SPD’s radical migration agenda puts pressure on the CDU to compromise, despite growing public concern over crime and integration failures.

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz

Germans Losing Faith in Merz After Policy U-turns

Zoltán Kottász March 12, 2025

His wavering stance on migration and fiscal policy has weakened support even among his party’s own voters

CDU leader Friedrich Merz (L) looks on as the co-leader of SPD Lars Klingbeil speaks during a joint statement in Berlin on March 8, 2025.

New German Government: Tough Talk, Little Change in Migration Policy

Zoltán Kottász March 10, 2025

CDU’s Friedrich Merz was closing the borders before he was not, and now his preliminary coalition agreement with the social democrats seems to be mostly hot air.

Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz (L) and Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Lars Klingbeil

German Conservatives Fume as Merz Bows to Social Democrat Demands

Zoltán Kottász March 6, 2025

The CDU leader faces a backlash from his own party after breaking key promises on debt and migration in exchange for power.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz (L) and Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Lars Klingbeil look at each other as they hold a press conference on planned major defence and infrastructure investments in Berlin on March 4, 2025.

Merz Plots To Bypass German Parliament In 1 Trillion Rearmament Scheme

Zoltán Kottász March 5, 2025

“Absurd:” CDU and SPD aim to have debt-funded military and infrastructure spending approved before the new Bundestag forms.

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Incoming German Government To Push for More EU Lawfare Against Conservatives

German Coalition Talks Hit Bump as AfD Support Reaches All-Time High

German Socialists Want To Hand Taxpayer Cash to Friendly Media

German Ruling Parties Want to Ban AfD “As Soon As Possible”

Has Merz Suddenly Lost Interest in Left-Wing NGOs’ Funding Secrets?

German Social Democrats Want Half a Million Migrants per Year

Germans Losing Faith in Merz After Policy U-turns

New German Government: Tough Talk, Little Change in Migration Policy

German Conservatives Fume as Merz Bows to Social Democrat Demands

Merz Plots To Bypass German Parliament In 1 Trillion Rearmament Scheme

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