EU ‘should have its own regulator-friendly X, TikTok and Instagram’ : Habeck
The European Union should have its own regulator-friendly equivalents to X, TikTok and Instagram, according to the candidate for chancellor of Germany's Greens.
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Germany’s CDU leader, ahead in polls: industry more important than climate protection
Friederich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats in Germany's coming elections, said industry was more important than climate protection.
German state spy agency head says his agency is too neutral on AfD
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency in Thuringia has criticised his own service for staying too neutral on the right-wing Alternative for Germany…
Brussels fears Musk, he fights the ancient fight for free speech
The Brussels elite have contended they are defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism at home and abroad.
German hard-right AfD party dissolves ‘radical’ youth branch
At its party conference, the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has decided to drop its youth organisation and create a new one.
Weidel and Musk: she is personable, reasonable but shows no charisma
If a key characteristic of revolutionaries is their ability to talk for hours without end, then the Alternative for Germany’s Alice Weidel is many things, but…
‘Only the AfD can protect German Jews,’ party leader Weidel tells Musk in podcast
Only the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is capable of protecting the country's Jews, its leader Alice Weidel has told Elon Musk.
German inquiry into whether Musk-AfD podcast would be an ‘illegal donation’
Germany's parliament is reported to be investigating whether an upcoming online conversation between US tech guru Elon Musk and the head of the Alternative for Germany…
Musk branded ‘persona non grata’ in EU over alleged ‘foreign interference’
US tech billionaire Elon Musk has become persona non grata for many European Union leaders.
German Christian Democrats pledge tougher line on migration as elections loom
Germany's Christian Democrats (the CDU party) have been toughening their stance on migration in the run-up to national elections in February, including calls for…
German CDU politician Radtke warns of ‘Moscow connection’ in the SPD
Dennis Radtke, the chairman of the social wing of the German Christian Democrat Party (CDU), has warned against a coalition between his party and the Socialists…
German minister wants EC to clamp down on X
German Greens MP and Minister of State for Culture, Claudia Roth, says X must be "regulated" to "protect democracy". Speaking to Table.
Musk tells the truth, Left and Right have failed German nation
Over the last few weeks, the German intellectual class was in absolute outrage: Serial-Entrepreneur and enfant terrible for the status quo elite Elon Musk published…
German opposition chief Merz calls Musk’s support for AfD ‘interference in an ally country’
US tech billionaire Elon Musk has faced criticism from German politicians after expressing support for the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an opinion…
Beaten Georgian president refuses to leave office as eurosceptic successor inaugurated
Georgia's defeated president Salome Zourabichvili has refused to step down as her eurosceptic successor Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated December 29, claiming…
German President brands Musk’s X a ‘threat to democracy’
Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has branded Elon Musk's X social media platform a potential "threat to democracy".
Mass exodus of companies shows Germany is ‘bankrupt’
The mass exodus of companies from Germany has shown the country was now effectively "bankrupt", the head of an industry organisation has said.
Breton and Germany’s Wiese push for anti-trust measures against Musk over his AfD backing
Elon Musk, billionaire tech magnate turned potential US government official, has ignited controversy in Europe after publicly endorsing Germany’s populist-right…
‘Only the AfD can save Germany’, says Elon Musk
American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has publicly backed the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
German parliament passes reform of Constitutional Court ‘to block extremists’
A large majority in the German parliament, the Bundestag, has approved a reform they claim will protect the independence of the Constitutional Court and prevent…
Merz or Scholz: German politics to continue on the same self-destructive path
The upcoming German elections will not only define the future of one of the two political and economic pillars of the European Union, they will also test the leadership…
‘Give EU members veto on EC decisions’, says AfD’s Weidel
European Union members should have a veto over European Commission decisions, Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel has said.
Hamburg parliament ousts ex-AfD politician who allegedly fled to Russia
The State parliament of the German city of Hamburg has unanimously voted to strip MP Olga Petersen of her membership.
The Greens are fading now, but I was in Germany with them at the start
The Greens are failing in elections all over Europe. They were wiped out in Iceland’s elections and have only just avoided the same fate in Ireland.
Germany’s AfD party to cut ties with its own youth organisation
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has said it plans to replace its youth organisation "Young Alternative" (JA), which was labelled "definitely extremist"…
Scholz in danger as Christian Democrats, AfD extend lead in German polls
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears to be in danger as both the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have extended…
German Chancellor Scholz’s leadership of Socialists in peril
The growing unpopularity of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), trailing the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) and Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the polls, has…
CDU agrees coalition with offshoot of former East German Communist party
Almost three months after elections in the State of Thuringia, eastern Germany, a three-party coalition has been agreed between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),…
The world’s economic blocs ready to choke the flood of German exports
The high drama of Germany’s Traffic Light Coalition is over.
Germany going tech? Vice-Chancellor stranded after government jet breaks down
German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck has reportedly been left stranded at a tech event in Lisbon after the German Government's jet broke down.