Tag: Politician
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…
Macron reshuffles government – core departments unaffected
Emmanuel Macron Macron and the center government are weakened after months of fighting over the pension reform that was ultimately pushed through. (Photo: Reuters) Paris French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled…
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…
Vestager’s chief economist resigns after Macron intervention
Fiona Scott Morton The professor has advised large tech companies in the past. (Photo: wikimedia) Brussels In the end the pressure was too great. The designated chief economist of the…
“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…
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…
Cabinet members get 3,000 euros inflation bonus – Scholz wants to donate
Olaf Scholz (SPD) before a cabinet meeting The Chancellor will donate his 3000 euros inflation bonus, said his spokesman. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his cabinet will…
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…
Pita Limjaroenrat opposes the conservative establishment
Bangkok The rain has just stopped when the man who is alarming Thailand’s political establishment takes the stage. Pita Limjaroenrat is 42 years old, but looks much younger – especially…
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…
EU Parliament votes in favor of controversial nature conservation law
EPP boss Manfred Weber The head of the European People’s Party (EPP) had been stirring up sentiment against the nature conservation law for months because, in his view, it unilaterally…
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.…
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…
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…
The court’s decision throws traffic lights into chaos
Christian Lindner (FDP), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) (from left) The traffic light coalition postponed the dispute over the heating law until the fall. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…