Category: 3. Europe

Eigentlich sollte der Koalitionsausschuss kein Krisengremium sein, aber die geopolitische Realität überholt das Versprechen. Bei Ölpreisen von über 100 Dollar und nervösen Börsen wächst der Druck auf die Bundesregierung. Während Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil das…

In Baden-Württemberg, where the AfD finished a strong third, Merz’s conservatives came up shy in their effort to recapture power in a state that was long a conservative power base, while the SPD, Germany’s oldest political party, suffered its worst election performance since World War…

One government minister who is bucking his own party’s candidate to support Dati said her ability to communicate in a direct, forceful manner is “extraordinary” and “allows her to transcend traditional political divides.”  

Geoffroy Boulard, the incumbent conservative mayor…

Municipal contests rarely predict presidential outcomes, as local personalities, alliances and grievances often blur the national picture. But with early polling for next year’s race already giving the far-right National Rally party (RN) a commanding advantage, the local vote carries…