German Business Activity Stabilizes in Pre-Election Boost
German private-sector activity stabilized after six months in decline, an unexpected improvement that’ll be welcomed by ...
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Chancellor hopeful Merz prepares Germany for era of ‘systemic conflict’
The incumbent government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD), has styled itself as a champion of the ...
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Deadly stabbing in German park fires up migration debate ahead of election
The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children in a German park ...
Germany: Aschaffenburg attack prompts political blame game
Berlin blames Bavaria. Bavaria blames Berlin. With migrants suspected in several deadly attacks, German politicians are jostling for position with calls to reform migration ahead of February's federal ...
Scholz’s challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a ...
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Merz slams 'shambles' as German migration row escalates over stabbing
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Thursday demanded further deportations of foreign criminals, as the long-simmering dispute over the country's migration policy escalated following the ...
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Germany’s Not-So-Stable Firewall Against the Far Right
In Germany, a toxic national debate on Muslims and immigration has fueled the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. Polling second place ahead of February’s federal elections, mainstream ...
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Germany’s central bank pushes for a U-turn on debt rules
Germany’s public debt currently stands at 62%, according to Eurostat data, thus twenty points below the EU average and much lower than in other G7 economies – all of which have a government debt level ...
Leading German chancellor candidate Merz vows more assertive global role
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the ...
Factbox-Ahead of Federal Election: German Parties' Plans for Asylum System Reform
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), with its anti-immigrant and anti-Islam platform, calls for Germany's withdrawal from the United Nations Migration and Refugee Pacts, reforming the Geneva ...
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Merz's Migration Stance: A Turning Point for Germany?
Friedrich Merz, Germany's main opposition leader, plans stringent border controls if he becomes chancellor, aiming to tackle immigration issues after a fatal stabbing by an Afghan asylum seeker. His ...
German opposition eyes migrant reform over knife attack
Germany's main opposition leader has demanded a sweeping overhaul of migration policy and permanent border controls a day ...