Tag: Election campaign
How tech billionaire Peter Thiel promotes right-wing hardliners
Peter Thiel The German-born billionaire is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and also a board member of Facebook. He is considered a confidante of ex-President Donald Trump. (Photo: Bloomberg)…
The year 2021 in pictures
Dusseldorf As in 2020, the fight against the coronavirus shaped this year again worldwide. There were enough outstanding events. The USA, for example, has a new president in the form…
US President Joe Biden before grave times
Joe Biden It will be lonely for the US President. (Photo: imago images / UPI Photo) Joe Biden was let down by his party when he needed it most. A…
SPD extends lead over Union
Foreign Minister Baerbock and Federal Chancellor Scholz The new cabinet was sworn in on December 8th. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a survey, three months after the federal election, the…
Annalena Baerbock & Christian Lindner: Politician of the year
Christian Lindner and Annalena Baerbock They led the parties, the FDP and the Greens, which were smaller up to the federal election, into the government and are the politician of…
Lindner: FDP wants to re-elect Steinmeier
Federal President Steinmeier Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants to be re-elected in 2022. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Around eight weeks before the election of the future Federal President, the FDP leadership…
Biden sees USA ready to fight Omikron
Washington US President Joe Biden sees his country ready for a violent wave of omicrons. “Covid is a tough opponent. We have shown that we are tougher, ”said Biden in…
Erdogan’s experiment will fail on the markets
Recep Tayyip Erdogan The Turkish head of state is demanding a “competitive” lira. (Photo: dpa) Istanbul The Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan dares the impossible: He wants to…
Franziska Giffey is Berlin’s first woman mayor
Franziska Giffey The new governing mayor has had a steep political career behind her. (Photo: imago images / Emmanuele Contini) Berlin Franziska Giffey has made it: six months after retiring…
Left-wing candidate Boric becomes the youngest president of Chile
Gabriel Boric The new left-wing president of Chile promises his country a better education and health system. (Photo: Bloomberg) Santiago de Chile Former student leader Gabriel Boric was elected the…
The low turnout in Hong Kong is a blow to Beijing
Election in Hong Kong Only MPs loyal to China were allowed to run for office. (Photo: dpa) Beijing It was one of the last few opportunities for Hong Kong residents…
Conservative camp decides Macron’s future
Paris When Anne Hidalgo has to explain why she continues to believe in her victory in the presidential election in France despite disastrous polls, she gives a name: Olaf Scholz.…
Friedrich Merz: Favorite of the CDU base
Friedrich Merz The economic politician enjoys great support from the party base. (Photo: Reuters) The CDU base has spoken: Friedrich Merz is your favorite. The Sauerland won the fight for…
Nord Stream 2 cannot be approved like this
Brussels Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has confirmed that the controversial German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 cannot currently be put into operation. When recording a ZDF interview in Brussels…
Who is the man who was elected as the new Chancellor today?
Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz has the necessary political experience to properly administer the office of Federal Chancellor. But to what extent can Scholz break new ground to modernize the country…
“The world looks at our country” – Federal President Steinmeier appoints the ministers
Handelsblatt reporter Daniel Delhaes has exclusive information on the distribution of power among the ministries: The organizational decree of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) sees clearly more competencies for the…
“Dedicate my strength to the well-being of the German people” – Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes the oath of office
Olaf Scholz has in the Bundestag Received 21 votes less than the traffic light coalition from SPD, Greens and FDP Has MP. On the television station Phoenix, the future SPD…
The new Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes the oath of office in the Bundestag
Olaf Scholz has in the Bundestag Received 21 votes less than the traffic light coalition from SPD, Greens and FDP Has MP. On the television station Phoenix, the future SPD…
Who is the man who was elected as the new Chancellor today?
Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz has the necessary political experience to properly administer the office of Federal Chancellor. But to what extent can Scholz break new ground to modernize the country…
Bundestag elects Olaf Scholz as the new Federal Chancellor – in Bellevue, the Federal President appoints him
Of the CDU chairman Armin Laschet shared a photo on Twitter in which he can be seen with Olaf Scholz and Annalena Baerbock. “Even if we fought for a different…