Germany (Chancellor)

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (264+ words) After violence broke out, Dutch riot police dispersed hundreds of far-right protesters in The Hague. Prime Minister Rob Jetten said that the demonstrators had chanted "abhorrent" far-right and antisemitic slogans. Dutch riot police on Saturday clashed with approximately 500 far-right protesters…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (880+ words) German voters go to the polls Sunday in two state elections where far-right and far-left gains could send new shock waves to Berlin and rock the government of embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz, 70, has scheduled a crisis meeting of his…...

19+ min ago   (811+ words) World Germany's Merz under pressure after bruising state election losses Published: Sept. 21, 2026 - 13:27:13 BERLIN (AFP) -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz starts the week more damaged than ever after his center-right CDU party suffered two bruising regional election defeats at the hands of…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (420+ words) Thousands marched across France on Sunday against a bill that would presume police officers acted lawfully when using their weapons, a measure critics have denounced as a 'licence to kill.' Issued on: 21/09/2026 - 01:56 Thousands of people marched in Paris and other…...

15+ hour, 41+ min ago   (214+ words) The European Union should have developed its own mechanism for responding to hybrid threats from Russia back after the annexation of Crimea, or at least after the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine. Czech security expert Otakar Foltýn expressed…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (554+ words) Published Sep 20, 2026 4:35 am: Updated Sep 20, 2026 1:25 pm Should the CDU stay below 5% in the final vote count, it would mean that the party would fail for the first time to win seats in a state legislature anywhere in Germany. Merz acknowledged…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago   (751+ words) New order are very strong words, but they have been here for days now. They were also used by the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, when he took to the podium of the European Parliament to speak about the new…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (642+ words) Feels like: 20.3°C20.3°F | Overcast Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania went to the polls Sunday in regional elections closely watched for signs of how the rise of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could reshape the country’s political landscape and…...

11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (592+ words) European authorities have been monitoring some of these networks for years. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, for example, continues to monitor the Muslim Brotherhood and organizations it considers associated with the movement. Its 2024 report estimates around…...

17+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1274+ words) In the week leading up to Germany's historic elections, a supporter of pro-Israel politician Karoline Preisler wrote that they had “experienced antisemitism up close” after being confronted by a pro-Palestine activist on the U-Bahn in Berlin. Preisler, a Free Democratic Party…...