German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term
BERLIN — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized ...
Black-Red coalition wants to massively expand surveillance powers
The CDU/CSU and SPD have a long wish list for domestic and legal policy – with a clear trend: more surveillance and more ...
Coalition negotiations: Digital Ministry disappeared
There is an allegedly final paper from the CDU/CSU-SPD working group on digital issues: There is no longer any talk of a ...
Germany: CDU, SPD present first results of coalition talks
The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...
The blue seats in Germany’s parliament are being moved to match voters’ choices
German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...
German parliament's upper house gives final approval to huge defense and borrowing package
The prospective next German government's plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...