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Christian Democrats Hand Golden Ticket to German Far Right
Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), introduced a nonbinding motion in the ...
Germany’s “business model is gone”, warns Friedrich Merz
IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...
Jacobin6d
The Five Star Movement Turns to the Left, Belatedly
Italy’s Five Star Movement was long a classic “populist” movement, rejecting ideological labels. Its recent decision to join ...
Jacobin10d
Europe’s Hardening Cordon Sanitaire Against the Left
Across Europe, centrist parties increasingly paint even mild social democracy as a “radical left” threat. The wild rhetoric ...
Star Tribune14d
Minnesota DFL’s Ken Martin elected national Democratic Party chair on first ballot
Democratic Party leaders from across the nation on Saturday ... Ellison said he had hoped Obama, Biden and major political figures would stay out of this year’s DNC chair race, which they ...
Politico14d
‘Minnesota nice has 2 sides’: Why some Dems see a ruthless leader in Ken Martin
For two months as he campaigned for Democratic National ... in politics as a Minnesota political staffer in 1998, when pro wrestler Jesse Ventura and his Reform Party won the governorship and ...
CBS News14d
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing
National Harbor, Maryland – Ken Martin, the chair of Minnesota's arm of the Democratic party, will become the ... Hunter Woodall is a political editorial producer for CBS News.
The New York Times14d
Democrats Elect Ken Martin, a Party Insider, to Lead the D.N.C.: Feb. 1 Politics News
Allison Robbert for The New York Times The Democratic National Committee on Saturday elected Ken Martin as its chairman, tapping a low-profile political insider from Minnesota to guide the party ...
MSNBC14d
Ken Martin elected Democratic National Committee chair
The Democratic National Committee ... and deciding where and how to allocate political donations. Martin will also be tasked with helping to shape the party’s messaging and strategy, a crucial ...
KSTP-TV14d
Minnesota Democratic leader Ken Martin elected as DNC chair
David Schultz, a political science professor at Hamline University, says Martin has his work cut out for him. “The Democratic Party, in some ways, is in the worst shape it’s been in probably ...
Euronews14d
Thousands across Germany protest against CDU and AfD and far-right policy
Tens of thousands took to the streets of several German cities on Saturday – demonstrating against cooperation between the Christian Democratic ... for Germany (AfD) party on Wednesday, when ...
The New York Times15d
Democrats Choose a Political Operator From Minnesota as Their New Leader
Ken Martin, a well-connected state party chair, took over the Democratic National Committee as the party searches for ways to win back power. By Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher Reporting from ...