TAG: German politics
Mob of German farmers accosts top Green as protests escalate
BERLIN — Tensions over Germany's budget crisis escalated significantly late Thursday as a group of a...
8 months ago
Flood risk in Germany reignites coalition fight over debt rules
BERLIN — A widespread risk of floods in Germany has prompted renewed infighting within the country's...
8 months ago
German government backtracks on tax hikes for farmers following protests
BERLIN — Germany's three-party ruling coalition on Thursday partly backed down from a proposal to cu...
8 months ago
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, longstanding senior lawmaker and a key figure beh...
8 months ago
Germany aims to seize €720M of frozen Russian money
BERLIN — At a time when Germany’s ruling coalition is scrambling to find money due to its still-simm...
8 months ago
Germany plans partial reform of its debt brake, Lindner says
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced plans to reform the country's debt rules to allo...
8 months ago
German budget crisis: Ruling coalition gives up on finalizing 2024 budget before year’s end
BERLIN — Germany's ruling coalition will not manage to have a 2024 budget in place before the end of...
8 months ago
German budget crisis: Government reaches spending deal for 2024
Leaders of Germany's three-party ruling coalition agreed on a new draft budget for next year after w...
8 months ago
Germany’s budget crisis: No clear way forward after coalition misses deadline
BERLIN — The German government missed a self-imposed deadline for reaching a 2024 budget deal Wednes...
8 months ago
German minister threatens ‘indefinite driving bans’ on weekends
Germany’s transport minister is threatening to ban driving on weekends to meet climate goals if the ruling coalition does not pass reforms to the Climate Protection Act by July.“The fact that the amendment is still not in force leads to considerable legal...
6 months ago
German coalition’s budget fight is back
BERLIN — It seemed, for a short while at least, that Germany’s tripartite coalition had averted a meltdown due to the budget divisions that have long dogged Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government.But Finance Minister Christian Lindner has now cast doubt on w...
2 months ago
Germany issued arrest warrant for Ukrainian over Nord Stream bombing, reports say
German prosecutors have obtained a European arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to media reports Wednesday. The man, however, was able to escape arrest, German media repor...
2 months ago
Germany’s slow-motion move away from China
Germany is becoming, ever so slowly, less obsessed with China.A year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed up to a G7 call for de-risking from China, Berlin is gradually reacting to the challenges posed by Beijing.From offering largely rhetorical dissent to...
1 month ago
Germany taunts Donald Trump again despite Republican outrage
Germany’s Foreign Ministry doubled down Thursday on its jeering of Donald Trump, deepening a spat between the former U.S. president and German officials.The fight began when Trump claimed during the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night that Germany’s sh...
1 month ago