Tag: Political party
Conservatives lose two out of three constituencies
UK by-elections Voting in the county of North Yorkshire: The by-elections were comparatively bad for the governing Conservatives. (Photo: AP) London The ruling Conservative Party in Britain lost seats in…
EU Vice Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Brussels Frans Timmermans, one of the best-known EU commissioners, is…
EU Vice Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Amsterdam EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wants to stand as…
EU Deputy Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Amsterdam EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wants to stand as…
Why Biden and Trump are the only alternatives
Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2020 Because neither Biden nor Trump arouse euphoria, third parties could influence the outcome of the election. (Photo: AP) Washington The contrast between Joe…
Broken promises – How the government and opposition in London struggle with their own goals
London Roughly a year before the UK general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer exchanged political blows in Westminster. Both politicians tried to get voters on…
“The AfD costs us prosperity”
Harold Christian The entrepreneur recently caused a stir with a major political donation. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Berlin Entrepreneur Harald Christ is calling on German business to get more…
The silent worker of the federal government
Hubertus Heil on a summer trip In rubber boots on the Emscher, the SPD Labor Minister is close to the people. Berlin Shortly before the summer vacation in Brandenburg, Hubertus…
Carsten Linnemann: Trying to create a profile with law-and-order tones
CDU Vice Carsten Linnemann In May next year he is to be officially elected as the new general secretary at the party congress. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The designated CDU General…
Carsten Linnemann: Trying to create a profile with law-and-order tones
CDU Vice Carsten Linnemann In May next year he is to be officially elected as the new general secretary at the party congress. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The designated CDU General…
Scholz relativizes Klingbeil’s approach to spouse splitting
Chancellor Olaf Scholz In an interview, SPD chairman Klingbeil proposed the general abolition of spouse splitting for new marriages instead of the savings in parental allowance planned by Family Minister…
Ex-Prime Minister Heide Simonis is dead
keel Germany’s first head of government of a federal state is dead. The social democrat Heide Simonis, until 2005 prime minister in Schleswig-Holstein, died on Wednesday, a few days after…
Carsten Linnemann expects “really hard, hard work” from the CDU
Berlin The CDU has a new general secretary in Carsten Linnemann. The federal executive unanimously followed the proposal by party leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday. Surprisingly for many, he had…
Merz replaces CDU general secretary
CDU New Secretary General: Carsten Linnemann (left) is to follow Mario Czaja (right). (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The CDU chairman Friedrich Merz has separated from his general secretary Mario Czaja.…
Government does not want to abolish widow’s pension – neither does spouse splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Castrop-Rauxel The next dispute over family policy…
Prime Minister Rutte announces his retirement from politics
Mark Rutte He ran the government for 13 years. (Photo: IMAGO/ANP) Amsterdam Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after the snap elections. The politician said on Monday. Rutte’s…
Government does not want to abolish widow’s pension – neither does spouse splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government does not plan to…
Klingbeil would rather abolish marriage splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the coalition dispute over savings in…
Dutch Prime Minister Rutte announces his retirement from politics
Mark Rutte He ran the government for 13 years. (Photo: IMAGO/ANP) Amsterdam Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte no longer wants to run for a fifth term. Rutte said on Monday…
Traffic light coalition: Lowest poll since government began
Traffic light coalition in the stress test Robert Habeck, Olaf Scholz, and Christian Lindner. The traffic light coalition achieved the lowest poll numbers since the beginning of government. (Photo: dpa)…