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The plenary chamber of the German Bundestag in Berlin, with a speaker at the lectern and politicians seated in blue chairs

Migrant Groups Ask Merz for Minority Shield as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt

Four migrant umbrella groups put an open letter to Chancellor Merz on Monday asking for a federal commission, a hardship clause and a protection fund before the AfD can share power in

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Berlin polling station Die Linke CDU Germany state election September 2026

Die Linke Seizes Berlin as CDU Falls Below Threshold: Merz Calls It a Disaster

Die Linke won 25.7 percent of the vote in Berlin on Sunday, its best result since reunification, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU fell below the five-percent threshold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Merz called the

September 21, 2026

Government and Politics·News

AfD party supporters celebrate election victory in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as results show 38.2 percent

AfD Wins Mecklenburg as Germany’s CDU Falls Out of Parliament

Germany's far-right AfD has won Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 38.2 percent, eliminating the CDU from the state parliament for the first time in 81 years. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster as

September 21, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Voters and AfD supporters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ahead of Germany state election September 2026

AfD Eyes Second State Win in a Month as Germany Votes in Mecklenburg and Berlin

Germany's far-right AfD tests whether its historic Saxony-Anhalt win was a ceiling or a floor. Voters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin vote Saturday in races that will determine whether Manuela Schwesig's SPD can

September 20, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Germany’s CDU Risks Historic Wipeout as AfD and SPD Battle in Pivotal Dual State Elections

Germany's Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin held simultaneous state elections Sunday as the CDU risked a historic parliamentary wipeout, polls showed the AfD within a point of the SPD in the north, and

September 20, 2026

Government and Politics·News

German police escort deportees at airport during deportation flight from Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia Plans €313 Million Deportation Centre at Former British Military Base in Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia has agreed to build a 140-bed deportation detention centre at the former JHQ military complex in Mönchengladbach, at a cost of €313 million and subject to federal approval. The project,

September 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a cabinet meeting in Berlin ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt state election

Germany’s AfD Heads for Historic Win in Saxony-Anhalt. Here Is What to Watch.

Saxony-Anhalt goes to the polls on September 6 with AfD at 42 percent in regional polling, poised to become the first far-right party to claim a German state government in nearly a

September 6, 2026

Government and Politics·News

EU foreign ministers gather at Gymnich meeting in Wicklow Ireland to discuss hybrid warfare and Russian infrastructure attacks September 2026

Russia’s EU Mission Calls Leipzig Drone Incident EU Provocation to Hide Internal Crisis

Russia's Permanent Mission to the EU categorically rejected accusations over the Leipzig airport drone incident on Tuesday, calling it a "provocation" designed to distract Europeans from their deteriorating economic conditions and a

September 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

German Air Force Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft at AERO Friedrichshafen aviation exhibition 2025

A German Government Jet Sat Broken in the Seychelles for Five Days

A Luftwaffe Bombardier Global 5000 has been grounded at Mahe since August 11 with a technical fault. Berlin did not announce it. An opposition MP on holiday photographed the aircraft, assumed a

August 17, 2026

Government and Politics·News