Tag: coalition
The FDP does not deliver what the voters promised from it
Christian Lindner So far, the FDP boss has not been able to completely convince in Berlin. (Photo: IMAGO/Rüdiger Wölk) When the FDP committees meet on Monday, the initial shock of…
SPD loses in the wake of Chancellor Scholz
Berlin Has Friedrich Merz, as federal chairman, created new impetus in the CDU? Did Olaf Scholz, as the fourth chancellor of the SPD, reanimate the once so proud people’s party…
Votes for the election in NRW
Dusseldorf In the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst’s CDU clearly became the strongest force. According to the projections by ARD and ZDF, the Christian Democrats are…
The traffic light coalition only awards the Green Wing
Christian Lindner (left) and Robert Habeck For the FDP and the Greens, there is a different amount of tailwind from federal politics. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin The result for the…
The fragmentation of the party system is coming to an end
Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Friedrich Merz (CDU) The chancellor and the leader of the opposition can also interpret the NRW election positively. (Photo: Imago (2)) The state elections in North…
The CDU wins, the loser SPD could provide the government
Wust towers over Kuchaty The CDU incumbent appears on the screen of the SPD election party. (Photo: dpa) Berlin/Dusseldorf Cheers from the CDU and Greens, blank faces from the SPD…
Votes for the election in NRW
Dusseldorf In the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst’s CDU clearly became the strongest force. According to the 6 p.m. forecasts from ARD and ZDF, the Christian…
Surveys & forecasts for the state election
Dusseldorf The vote in the most populous federal state is considered a “small federal election” and an important mood test for federal politics, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the new…
Votes for the election in NRW
Dusseldorf In the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst’s CDU clearly became the strongest force. According to the 6 p.m. forecasts from ARD and ZDF, the Christian…
Traffic light coalition fears veto in Bundesrat
Regional express in Berlin Central Station The state wants to subsidize local transport. (Photo: mauritius images / Bildagentur-online/Joko / Alamy) Berlin In the traffic light coalition there is growing concern…
Traffic light coalition fears veto in Bundesrat
9 euro ticket From May 23rd, travelers should be able to buy the cheap ticket. But the project is politically controversial. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the traffic light coalition there…
NRW election: Kuchaty – the power-conscious worker
Berlin, Recklinghausen Thomas Kutschaty (SPD) is standing in a biomass cogeneration plant from Ökotech in Recklinghausen on Wednesday of this week. On the site of a former colliery, the company…
Daniel Günther as before the CSU
State elections are personal elections. After the SPD benefited from this twice recently – in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in Saarland – it is now the turn of the Christian Democrats.…
Lindner wants to change the Basic Law and relieve highly indebted municipalities
Christian Lindner As a condition for the relief, the Federal Minister of Finance called the amendment of the Basic Law. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has proposed…
Why Daniel Günther is about to be re-elected
Berlin Five years ago, Daniel Günther had a plan: If he were to lose the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein – and that’s what it looked like in February 2017 when…
France’s socialists agree to left alliance against Macron
Emmanuel Macron The merger of the fragmented left camp could be dangerous for Macron. (Photo: Bloomberg) Paris France’s socialists, together with leftists, greens and communists, will compete against the newly…
The Greens succeed in getting people to think
Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck The two green ministers set the tone in the government. (Photo: imago images/Chris Emil Janssen) At the cabinet meeting in Meseberg, the Chancellor appeared in…
Cabinet discusses security situation with Scandinavian heads of government
Sanna Marin, Olaf Scholz and Magdalena Andersson The politicians want to talk about the changed security situation in Europe. (Photo: AP) Berlin At its first cabinet meeting in Meseberg, the…
Traffic light coalition threatens China with sanctions
Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Strengthening relations beyond China. (Photo: AP) Brussels The traffic light coalition is correcting the strategic course set over the past decades…
Traffic light coalition threatens China with sanctions
Chinese leader Xi Jinping Emphatic expectations of the Chinese leadership now come from the German government. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Brussels The traffic light coalition is correcting the strategic course set over…