2 months agoMerz: "We need a speedy and sensible formation of a government. We must become capable of acting internationally. I remain personally hopeful that we will have formed a government by Easter. Europe is waiting for Germany."
2 months ago Merz: "We have won this federal election, and we have done so very clearly and decisively. I will strive to form a federal government that represents the entire German population and solves the problems of our country."
2 months agoGerman exit poll shows centre-right CDU in first with AfD making big gains 2nd
2 months ago Turnout in the German election at 2pm CET was 52pc, compared with 36.5pc in 2021, according to the Federal Election Officer
2 months ago Germany federal election: polling stations are open
2 months agoA Man was seriously wounded in a knife attack at Berlin's Holocaust memorial: German media
2 months ago Merz: “We need to have discussions with both the British and the French — the two European nuclear powers — about whether nuclear sharing, or at least nuclear security from the U.K. and France, could also apply to us.”
2 months ago German Chancellor Scholz says Trump's description of Zelensky as a "dictator" is wrong and dangerous
2 months ago Chancellor Scholz: It is a difficult situation for Europe. We welcome the talks about peace for Ukraine. But it must be a fair and sustainable peace. And: Ukraine must be part of these talks. Europe will keep on supporting Ukraine. This is what I stressed in my meetings with @ZelenskyyUa
2 months ago German Chancellor at Paris meeting on Ukraine: No dictates can be imposed on Kyiv
2 months agoAt a rally in Düsseldorf: Man attacks AfD speaker. The "Düsseldorf Alliance" had called for the protest. Posters read: "Human rights instead of right-wing people" or "All of Düsseldorf hates the AfD"
2 months agoAccording to ZDF information, US Vice President JD Vance met with AfD leader Alice Weidel in the afternoon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference. They spoke for about 30 minutes. They discussed Ukraine war and German domestic policy - including the firewall.
2 months ago German Chancellor Scholz: Russia's victory or Ukraine's collapse will not bring peace
2 months ago Scholz says US is right to call for more European investment into European security. Calls for "Nothing about Ukraine without Ukrainians. And nothing about Europe without Europeans"
2 months ago Scholz calls for Zeitenwende 2.0 in response to recent US initiatives. "Requires clear, fast and decisive European answer. Not someday but now". Calls for massive expansion of military spending, reform of debt brake and advancing discussion in EU on investment in defense
2 months agoGerman police: Munich ramming suspect is Afghan asylum seeker
2 months ago Germany’s Helsing to deliver 6,000 HX-2 strike drones to Ukraine
2 months ago German police: Injuries in Munich hit-and-run
2 months ago In Munich, a car is said to have driven into a crowd of people. Apparently, several people are injured
2 months ago Germany's Defence Minister said he regretted that Trump administration had already made concessions to Russia, adding that Ukraine's possible NATO membership and the whether it should concede territory to Russia should not be taken off the table before talks start
2 months ago German Foreign Ministry expresses concern over attack on El Fasher
2 months agoIn Brandenburg an der Havel there were protests today against an AfD election campaign event. Around 200 people took part in an Antifa demonstration. The AfD event attracted around 250 people, including several young neo-Nazis.
2 months ago Protests in Germany: More than 200,000 people demonstrate in Munich against the far right
2 months ago Scholz says that Germany will not participate in a peacekeeping force in Ukraine
2 months agoSyria's President al-Sharaa spoke with the German Chancellor
2 months ago 79 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, and the UK, issue a joint statement defending the ICC amid threats and sanctions. They warn that punitive measures undermine global justice and risk impunity for war crimes
2 months ago Germany and other NATO countries have discussed "sending troops" to Greenland in response to Trump's remarks
2 months ago Scholz: Germany strongly opposes deportation of Palestinians from Gaza
2 months ago German Foreign Minister: Gaza, like the West Bank and East Jerusalem, belongs to the Palestinians
2 months agoProtests against coalition negotiations between FPÖ and ÖVP
