Just under 10,000 Jewish children fled to Britain from Europe from December 1938 to September 1939. Not much was known about ...

If Merz wants to get rid of the infamous debt brake in order to pump money into the German army, he will need a two-thirds majority of votes in the Bundestag. The Greens say they are prepared to ...

"The global situation is changing dramatically day by day, all of which requires a capable German government," he said, expressing confidence that his party can agree on a "good coalition ...

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Both the euro and German equity markets are likely to be boosted by the outcome of the German snap election over the weekend. The euro climbed to above 1.05, the highest in two months during ...

"Now he must see that he acts like a chancellor." But German political analyst Nicolai von Ondarza said there was a strong feeling within the CDU that this was “a government of last chance” to ...

Merz, 69, has never held a ministerial job, but he has promised if he becomes the next German chancellor to show ... But just as the election map turned light blue in the east, much of the rest ...

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As a result, the CDU/CSU partnership is projected to secure 208 seats in the Bundestag, the German parliament, the AfD 152, the SPD 120, the Greens 85 and The Left 64. The 69-year-old CDU leader ...

AfD dominant in east, spreading to the west Look at an election results map of Germany ... In May 2024 a German court rejected an AfD appeal against a ruling classifying it as a suspected far ...