Tag: State election
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…
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…
Hendrik Wüst starts the race without a big bonus
Berlin Hendrik Wüst (CDU) has only been Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia for less than 200 days. At the end of October he followed Armin Laschet. But flying changes have…
The deputy election between Scholz and Merz
Berlin, Herne Shortly before the big election day in North Rhine-Westphalia, the chancellor does not travel to the Ukraine, but answers questions from the NRW broadcaster WDR. Olaf Scholz will…
Andreas Pinkwart’s balance sheet on digital policy in North Rhine-Westphalia
Andreas Pinkwart is a man who likes to tell one or two anecdotes – “Dönekes”, as they would say in his home state of North Rhine-Westphalia. For example, when the…
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.…
Schleswig-Holstein: The election reactions of the parties
The Union presents itself as a big winner nationwide and emphasizes the large lead over the other parties. Both the SPD and the Greens are disappointed with the preliminary result.…
CDU triumphs in Schleswig-Holstein
According to the ARD extrapolation, the 48-year-old received 42.8 percent of the votes with his CDU – and thus exceeded expectations. That is around eleven percentage points more than five…
Schleswig-Holstein: The election reactions of the parties
The Union presents itself as a big winner nationwide and emphasizes the large lead over the other parties. Both the SPD and the Greens are disappointed with the preliminary result.…
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…
CDU leader Friedrich Merz on campaign tour
Now he’s back again, in the North Rhine-Westphalian state election campaign. But: Was Friedrich Merz actually really gone? The Sauerland is standing in the spa park of Bad Salzuflen this…
Union remains the strongest party nationwide
Election posters in Cologne According to polls, the SPD and CDU are neck-and-neck in NRW. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Union remains the strongest party nationwide with 26 percent. This emerges…
Saarland CDU leader Tobias Hans gives up party chairmanship
Tobias Hans The politician took over the office of Prime Minister of Saarland in March 2018. (Photo: IMAGO/BeckerBredel) Saarbrucken Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans is giving up the CDU state…
The remaining power in the Federal Council is melting away
Berlin Since Sunday evening, the CDU has been repeating the message it has been preparing for days: “We have given strong support. It was local issues that played a role…
Saarland election according to Friedrich Merz “Not a good day”
Berlin It should have been a narrow defeat in Saarland, possibly a bit clearer. The CDU federal chairman Friedrich Merz would have appeared in front of the press on Monday…
Anke Rehlinger, the new “Saar Queen”
In an interview with the Handelsblatt a few weeks before the Saarland state elections, Anke Rehlinger becomes nostalgic. The Olympic Games are in Beijing right now. Rehlinger is a sports…
Social Democrats clearly the strongest force in Saarland
Berlin The starting position for Tobias Hans was actually pretty good: For five years and 13 state elections, no incumbent head of government has been voted out. Due to the…
Social Democrats clearly the strongest force in Saarland
Berlin The starting position for Tobias Hans was actually pretty good: For five years and 13 state elections, no incumbent head of government has been voted out. Due to the…
Saarland election: bankruptcy for Merz
Friedrich Merz The CDU party leader has to accept a setback in Germany’s smallest state. (Photo: dpa) Friedrich Merz was not up for election in Saarland. But on Sunday he…
Social Democrats clearly the strongest force in Saarland
Berlin The starting position for Tobias Hans was actually pretty good: For five years and 13 state elections, no incumbent head of government has been voted out. Due to the…