As evidence of the split between the governing parties, the agency Reuters reports a summit of industry leaders announced by Scholz this month to save Germany’s moribund economy. A week later, Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck (Greens) presented his proposals for saving the economy, and after that, another business summit was announced by Minister … Read more
According to the OECD, the German economy will spend the entire year 2024 in recession and will recover by only one percent next year. Cars from German factories are losing ground in the world market to China to a large extent, Mario Draghi’s research has revealed, and according to statistics from the European Automobile Manufacturers … Read more
Berlin. The Ukrainian president, Volodymir Zelensky, will meet on Friday in Berlin with the German head of government Olaf Scholz, the German Executive indicated this Wednesday. The meeting was scheduled after a meeting on the defense of Ukraine that was scheduled for Saturday at a US base in Germany was postponed, because President Joe Biden … Read more
Around a year before the next regular federal election, the SPD is well behind the Union in surveys and only receives around half as much support as the CDU/CSU. Co-party leader Lars Klingbeil therefore called for a “catch-up” effort by the Social Democrats. How this should succeed in terms of content is now shown in … Read more
Russia is putting pressure on the Kursk region. A US actor would fight and die for Putin. All information in the news blog. 2:05 p.m.: According to the authorities there, one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian border region of Belgorod. A drone hit the village of Ustinka, said the … Read more
Good morning, dear reader, At the weekend I listened to a speech by AfD leader Alice Weidel in front of her base in Ulm. She wasn’t particularly committed, especially given the fact that Weidel was applying for the top candidacy in her home association. By AfD standards, it’s an average speech that the 45-year-old gives … Read more
Potsdam., German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, increasingly fragile at the national level, achieved respite this Sunday with a narrow victory for his social democratic party –SPD– against the extreme right, in an important regional election. According to calculations by public television channels ARD and ZDF, the SPD obtained just over 31 percent of the vote, compared … Read more
Zelensky in New York, here in 2019, before the war. Bild: lev radin/ Shutterstock.com Scholz and Selenskyj meet in New York. Different views clash. Will the Chancellor thwart the President’s plan for victory? During the annual UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council met on Tuesday afternoon (local time) for a controversial session to discuss … Read more
Brandenburg is a region that is used to punching above its weight. With just 2% of Germany’s population and a microeconomic economy, it completely envelops the capital, Berlin, and casts a long shadow over what happens in the nation’s government. The result of Sunday’s election, in which the Socialists have saved their necks against the … Read more
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) began a multi-day visit to New York. As a spokesperson for the federal government told the AFP news agency, the chancellor’s plane left Berlin on Saturday afternoon. Scholz will deliver a speech at the upcoming United Nations Summit on Sunday. The chancellor is likely to use his visit ahead of the … Read more