Europe (Centre‑Right & Christian Democrats)

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (158+ words) Political Wire “The chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeks.” “Hitler banned or neutered the print press and radio; purged the civil service and installed party loyalists; suspended civil liberties; compromised the…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (71+ words) Goshen News German chancellor Friedrich Merz briefs the media during a press conference at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. Do you intend to take advantage of early voting? General Elections are Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (388+ words) On Monday following the elections, everyone went to work as usual. Yet beneath the apparent calm, there was a palpable sense of uncertainty: how would a state government led by the regional branch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) – a…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago   (239+ words) BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats will re-elect their entire leadership at a party congress around the turn of the year after labour minister and co-chair Baerbel Bas resigned, co-leader Lars Klingbeil said at a press conference in Berlin on…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (328+ words) BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government faced new turbulence on Monday when a key minister from its junior coalition partner, the SPD, unexpectedly quit and criticised "attacks" from the chancellor's party. Baerbel Bas, labour minister and co-leader of the centre-left…...

24+ min ago   (239+ words) UA.NEWS In Germany, political parties have begun coalition talks, bypassing the far-right AfD In the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the Social Democrats (SPD), The Left, and the Greens began negotiations on October 12 to form a coalition government. Despite…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (311+ words) Baerbel Bas, Germany's labour minister and co-head of the centre-left SPD, resigned from both posts on Monday, citing the death of her stepdaughter and mounting political attacks against her, dealing a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition government. "After my…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (118+ words) 1470 & 100.3 WMBD - WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO GLOBAL TOP CHEF! Germany’s SPD party names Alexander Schweitzer new labour minister BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Alexander Schweitzer, head of ​the Social Democrats’ parliamentary group in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, will become ​federal…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (560+ words) Lars Klingbeil was due to visit New Delhi with Germany’s development minister for talks with Indian government officials and a financial round table before travelling to Thailand for international economic meetings. German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has cancelled the India…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (511+ words) Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government faced new turbulence on Monday when a key minister from its junior coalition partner unexpectedly quit and criticised "attacks" from the chancellor's party. Issued on: 12/10/2026 - 13:41 The resignation of Baerbel Bas of the centre-left…...