German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to tighten knife laws and step up deportations in the country, a few days after a deadly stabbing attack by an asylum seeker in western Germany reinvigorated the debate about migration and security, the Associated Press reported. On Friday, a 26-year-old...
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Germany issued an arrest warrant against a Ukrainian national for his suspected involvement in explosions that damaged the controversial Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, Deutsche Welle reported. According to the authorities, the suspect, identified as Volodymyr Z., carried out the sabotage with two accomplices, also reportedly...
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Germany’s governing coalition and main opposition plan to amend the constitution to protect the country’s top court from potential manipulation and obstruction from far-right parties, as well as ensure its independence, the Financial Times reported. On Tuesday, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann announced the proposal, saying it...
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Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) was expelled from the Identity and Democracy (ID) political group in the European Parliament this month following a series of scandals that have damaged the far-right party’s popularity and sparked concerns about rising extremism in the movement, Politico reported. The expulsion...
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Germany’s upper house of parliament approved a new reform that would relax strict rules on family names, including allowing parents to give their children hyphenated last names, the Associated Press reported over the weekend. Current naming rules require parents to give their children one of their...
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A high court ruled Monday that Germany’s domestic intelligence service can continue to spy on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after the agency labeled the far-right movement as a “suspected extremist case,” the Washington Post reported. The case began in 2021 when the AfD sued...
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Germany on Monday scrambled to respond to the reactions of its allies – and Russia – to a leaked recording involving top officers in the German army discussing the Ukraine war – a severe security breach that followed a display of disagreement among Western nations...
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Sunday narrowly lost a widely watched local election that it was predicted to win, following weeks of protests triggered by the party’s alleged involvement in a mass deportation scheme, the Guardian reported. In a runoff vote in the...
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Germany’s highest court ruled this week that a small far-right party will be ineligible for state funding for six years due to its alleged unconstitutional values and goals, a verdict that comes amid protests and concerns over extreme-right political groups in the country, Euronews reported. The...
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities across Germany over the weekend to protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after members of the far-right group met with an ethno-nationalist figure to discuss the mass deportations of people of foreign origin including German...
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Over 10,000 farmers and their tractors blocked traffic in Germany’s capital and main highways on Monday to protest government plans to raise taxes – amid political debates on the rise of the far-right, CNN reported. The rally was the climax of a week of demonstrations that...
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won its first election for mayor of a midsized town in the country’s east, another victory for the anti-immigration party that has become more popular in recent months amid voter disillusionment with Germany’s ruling coalition, the Financial Times reported. Candidate...
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The far-right, xenophobic Alternative for Germany political party has long concerned observers who fear a resurgence of the fascistic spirit in Europe’s largest, wealthiest country. Now, not to be outdone, German politician Sahra Wagenknecht is launching a new political party that is far-left and xenophobic. She...
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Germany’s president expressed shame for the killings of tens of thousands of Tanzanians under its colonial rule more than a century ago, and pledged to try and return the remains of victims taken to Germany for research and display at museums and private collections, the...
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Germany’s ruling three-party coalition suffered a bitter electoral defeat in two key state elections this week, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party saw a significant increase, a result that underlines its growing national power, Bloomberg reported. Sunday’s elections saw the governing Social Democratic Party...
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Germany plans to establish a “German-Polish House” in the capital that will serve as a memorial center for the Polish victims of World War II and chronicle Germany’s occupation of the country between 1939 and 1945, the Associated Press reported. On Tuesday, the German government unveiled...
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Many environmentalists, including the eco-minded politicians in the Green Party in Germany, believe heat pumps will save the world. As National Public Radio explained, heat pumps draw heat from the outside to warm homes. Powered by electricity, they are around a third cheaper than heating systems...
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Germany’s coalition government announced it will delay the vote on a contentious energy bill, a day after the country’s top court shot down plans to push the draft law through parliament this week, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Lawmakers of the ruling three-party coalition said Thursday...
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won its first mayoral race this week, the latest election victory of the anti-immigrant group as it experiences increasing support in the polls, the Telegraph reported. AfD candidate Hannes Loth won 51 percent of the vote to become mayor...
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A German court this week sentenced an Islamic State member to more than nine years in prison for enslaving a 21-year-old woman from the Yazidi minority group, the Washington Post reported. The court found the woman – known as Nadine K. – guilty of a series...
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