Tag: Politician
These entrepreneurs are running for the Bundestag
The proportion of young entrepreneurs in the Bundestag is small. Just 90 out of 709 MPs are self-employed, while 133 are employed by companies. Most MPs work in the public…
The roles are clearly assigned. The vice-chancellor is a cook, the Greens boss is content with the role of waitress.
Election posters Waitress and cook: Greens boss Annalena Baerbock, SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. (Photo: Getty Images) Annalena Baerbock and Olaf Scholz are suddenly pretty good friends. The competition between…
“Every night my face is cut up”
Election posters by Karl Lauterbach and Serap Güler in Cologne-Delbrück The SPD politician and the CDU politician are fighting for the direct mandate in the Cologne IV constituency. (Photo: dpa)…
Scholz defends work of anti-money laundering unit FIU before investigative committee
Olaf Scholz Contrary to expectations, the Federal Minister of Finance appeared in person in Berlin. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Just a few days before the Bundestag election, the SPD Chancellor candidate…
Lachet can’t score, Scholz ricochets off
Berlin, Düsseldorf The pressure increases. Less than a week before the results of the 2021 federal election are announced, the top candidates will face each other again in the last…
“End the fuss of the grand coalition”
Berlin “Departure instead of carrying on like this” is the motto of the party congress of the Greens. But the start is a long time coming. Because not all the…
TV triumph: red-green against Armin Laschet
TV triall The top candidates from the Union, SPD and Greens in the last triall before the federal election. (Photo: Getty Images) It was an entertaining third TV triad between…
FDP party congress: challenge to the Greens
FDP party congress The Greens have “meaningful projects” in their election manifesto, for example in the area of education, but they have to be “assisted” with solid financing, says FDP…
Why the parliament grows to 900 members
Berlin The spatial planners of the Bundestag administration will primarily focus on Bavaria when studying the official election results. Will the CSU win all or at least almost all direct…
Algeria’s ex-president Bouteflika dies at the age of 84
Abdelaziz Bouteflika At the end of his political career there was a lot of criticism against the long-time ruler of Algeria. (Photo: Reuters) Algiers Algeria’s former head of state Abdelaziz…
Olaf Scholz rolls out the red carpet in the direction of Lindner with his center-pivot
Olaf Scholz It has long been irrelevant who is party chairman under Scholz. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Do you choose the CDU despite Armin Laschet? Or the SPD because…
Boris Johnson rebuilds cabinet – new Secretary of State
Boris Johnson The British Prime Minister exchanges several ministers. (Photo: AP) London Boris Johnson is said to be reluctant to offend other people. The British Prime Minister likes to postpone…
Marine Le Pen believes she has the best chance on her third attempt
Paris Marine Le Pen goes into the third round with a beaming smile: The 53-year-old right-wing extremist politician wants to run again in the presidential elections in France in spring…
Public prosecutor’s office is investigating his state secretary
Osnabrück, Berlin The Osnabrück public prosecutor has initiated an investigation against the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Wolfgang Schmidt. The reason is the partial publication of a…
This is how other countries look at the German election
Madrid, Tokyo, Paris, London, Athens, Rome, Washington, Düsseldorf After the second triall, in which Europe, the USA, China, Russia and Afghanistan played no role, the judgment of the American foreign…
Rhetoric expert assesses body language in the TV triall
The Chancellor candidates Olaf Scholz (SPD), Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90 / The Greens) and Armin Laschet (CDU) On Sunday evening, the candidates met again in the second TV triall –…
The FIU is Olaf Scholz’s weak point
Olaf Scholz The Federal Minister of Finance wants to have as little as possible to do with the FIU. (Photo: imago images / Jan Huebner) The discussion about the inadequate…
Volker Bouffier on the election campaign: “It will be a tough final spurt”
In the remaining two weeks, the Union is trying to turn the mood with attacks against SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. Bouffier criticized the SPD for hiding behind its candidate…
The Greens criticize Scholz for the lack of answers to the tax concept
Olaf Scholz at an election campaign appearance in Mannheim The SPD chancellor candidate presented key data for his tax concept in the summer. Did the calculations for this come from…
Those were the five big issues at the Triell
Berlin The triall was just underway for five minutes when it really clanked in the TV studio in Berlin-Adlershof. Something had fallen over. “The way it rumbles here in the…