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Germany's Left Party will vote against a special fund for increased military spending in the next legislature, party leader Ines Schwerdtner said on Tuesday. "There will be no votes from Die Linke ...
Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), said on Monday it might legally challenge the results of the national election after narrowly missing the 5% hurdle to enter ...
The successor to East Germany's Communist Party on Sunday scored 8.8% in Germany's federal election, its best result in years, despite a split led by former leader Sahra Wagenknecht, who launched ...
The federal government of Germany often consisted of a coalition of a major and a minor party, specifically CDU/CSU and FDP or SPD and FDP, and from 1998 to 2005 SPD and Greens. From 1966 to 1969, from 2005 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2021, the federal government consisted of a coalition of the two major parties, called a grand coalition .
The attacks on journalists were the main reason why Germany slipped from eleventh to 13th place in the Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders, according to a report published on 20 April 2021. [11] From within the Querdenken scene, a new party, de:Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland ("Die Basis") was founded in July 2020. [149]
On a wet evening in Suhl, in the former East Germany, a smattering of youthful faces were among hundreds lining up to hear from an unlikely idol - Björn Höcke, one of the most controversial ...
In 2013, Jurisch joined the FDP and has been the local chairwoman of the FDP Konstanz since 2016. [3] In the 2016 state election in Baden-Württemberg, she ran as a second candidate alongside Jürgen Keck. [7] Jurisch became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Konstanz district. [1]
Germany's center-right alliance looks set to win the country's latest federal election. The CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, are set to win about 29% of the vote, exit polls say.