German parliament passes contested pensions vote as Merz sees off rebellion
Chancellor Friedrich Merz held his coalition together to see a controversial pensions vote pass in parliament
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Julia Klöckner has been pursued across Germany by gossip columnists this summer, but is there another agenda afoot?
German chancellor insists coalition ‘not in crisis’ after second Bundestag calamity in two months
Row over judicial appointment hands far-right opposition another political stick to beat the government
Insults, protests and seat-squabbles: Bundestag’s first day with far-right AfD as second-biggest party
Rule changes prevent hardline group’s former leader from opening German parliament
Bundestag backs record borrowing package
Three-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spending
Bundestag to go out with a bang by debating €1 trillion stimulus plan
Unprecedented package for defence, climate and infrastructure spending
Europe to stand united in face of trade war, Minister for Finance says
Paschal Donohoe confident US pharma will not walk away from long-term investment in Irish plants and people
Germany on course for grand coalition between conservatives and social democrats after CDU victory
Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor in election where far-right AfD doubled support
Sabotaged car exhausts make for unlikely form of election interference as Germany heads to the polls on Sunday
Russian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leader
The fall and fall of Germany’s liberal Free Democrats
Ahead of the February 23rd federal election, the party is on 4 per cent in all polls – one point short of the 5 per cent hurdle to enter the Bundestag
As German election nears, Scholz accuses rival of courting populists and far right
Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz blames chancellor for ‘law and order’ crisis
Germany’s leaders are struggling to deliver stable government, healthy economy and secure social order
With old political certainties withering and new populist parties surging, the 75th birthday party for German parliamentary democracy is a festival of strange bedfellows
German court backs reforms to reduce number of Bundestag seats
Ruling ends lengthy stand-off between Berlin and constitutional court in Karlsruhe
Bitter split on left on show in seat of German government
Icy welcome from former colleagues for new party in Bundestag
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