Germany (SPD & Greens)

10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (327+ words) Australia sending tanks, weapons, infantry and ammunition to Ukraine has put Greens politicians at odds. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on Monday said she supported giving Kyiv military aid if that's what was needed, contradicting her party's freshly minted leader David Shoebridge…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (358+ words) Whether Australia should be giving tanks, vehicles and munitions to Ukraine to help it defend against Russia has divided the Greens. Australia sending tanks, weapons, infantry and ammunition to Ukraine has put Greens politicians at odds. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (515+ words) It is a resignation that could send shockwaves through the German government: Bärbel Bas cites attacks by her coalition partner—Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats—as one reason for her immediate resignation as labor minister and co-leader of the Social…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (171+ words) RNZ / News / Politics / Election 2026 The Green Party says it will create 284,000 jobs over four years as part of its nearly $6 billion economic development plan. That is 64,000 more jobs than Treasury currently forecasts. Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said that was possible thanks…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (853+ words) Josh Frydenberg has told The Conversation he will keep speaking out on the need for stronger economic reform, including raising the goods and service tax (GST) - despite his proposal being shot down by Liberal leader Angus Taylor. Frydenberg said Taylor's…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (719+ words) Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick will announce the Green Party’s vision for the economy. Source: 1News (Source: Other) The Green Party has released its economic development plan, which it says would drive “higher wages, sustained research and innovation,…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (748+ words) A few things happened in quick succession after NSW Senator David Shoebridge took over the Greens leadership, alongside new deputy Steph Hodgins-May. Within days, the Victorian Greens announced their version of the policy, using their election campaign launch to pledge…...

10+ hour, 55+ 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…...

10+ hour, 58+ 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…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (390+ words) German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Berbel Bass announced her immediate resignation from her government post and as co-chair of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She cited personal reasons for her decision. “Following the death of…...