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Scholz's challenger breaks tabu – gets support from AFD

The migration issue dominates the German debate ahead of the election in February. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's challenger Friedrich Merz has no objection to support from the far-right to push through tougher rules for immigration.

Scholz's challenger breaks tabu – gets support from AFD

Migrationsförslag antaget med högerextremt stöd Migration proposal adopted with right-wing extremist support

The German Bundestag has adopted a proposal to introduce tougher rules for immigration. .

Migrationsförslag antaget med högerextremt stöd Migration proposal adopted with right-wing extremist support

Frederiksen: "Very strong support" for Denmark

Russian aggressions, but also the Greenland issue, are the main numbers on Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's lightning-fast round trip to Europe's great powers. .

Frederiksen: "Very strong support" for Denmark

Support for the far-right AFD: Preserve German culture

The American tech billionaire Elon Musk aired thoughts about the greatness of the German people when he appeared at an election rally with the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AFD). Massive protests in several German cities marked great discontent with the far-right's election rally.

Support for the far-right AFD: Preserve German culture

Preschool children stabbed to death – anger grows in Germany

Armed with a kitchen knife, the 28-year-old mentally ill person followed a group of preschool children on an outing – and launched an attack. Wednesday's hair-raising deed in German Aschaffenburg, where a two-year-old boy was hacked to death, sparks outrage and disgust across the entire country.

Preschool children stabbed to death – anger grows in Germany

Olaf Scholz : Musk's actions a threat to democracy

Elon Musk broadcast a conversation with the party leader of the German AFD. The billionaire also took the opportunity to praise the nationalist party - just weeks before the country's federal election.

Olaf Scholz : Musk's actions a threat to democracy

Ulf Kristersson: May Need to Quickly Increase Defense Spending

Europe must expand its military support to Ukraine. This is claimed by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Germany's Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a joint press conference in Berlin.

Ulf Kristersson: May Need to Quickly Increase Defense Spending

German economy continues to shrink

The EU's economic engine, the German economy, contracted for the second year in a row in 2024, according to the country's statistics agency Destatis. And no major recovery for the export-dependent economy is expected to come in 2025.

German economy continues to shrink

Fear and doubt as Musk intervenes in Europe

How should X-owner Elon Musk be handled when he increasingly openly gives his support to the far-right – and even gets involved in an election campaign? European leaders are hesitant, out of fear of clashing with Donald Trump. .

Fear and doubt as Musk intervenes in Europe

Striking back at Trump: No one gets to threaten the border

France is guarding the EU's borders after Donald Trump's new outburst about the USA taking over Greenland. Borders are not moved by force, Germany emphasizes.

Striking back at Trump: No one gets to threaten the border

The Federal Diet Dissolved – New Election in Germany

Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolves the federal parliament and announces new elections on February 23. .

The Federal Diet Dissolved – New Election in Germany

Germany mourns after attack on Christmas market

People in Germany are mourning after Friday's attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg where five people, including a nine-year-old, were killed. The motive appears to be dissatisfaction with how Saudi refugees are treated in Germany, according to prosecutors at a press conference.

Germany mourns after attack on Christmas market

Nine-year-old among the dead at German Christmas market

Among the five people killed in Friday's attack on a Christmas market in German Magdeburg is a nine-year-old. The motive appears to be dissatisfaction with how Saudi refugees are treated in Germany, according to prosecutors at a press conference.

Nine-year-old among the dead at German Christmas market

Anger after Elon Musk supported German far-right

The tech billionaire Elon Musk has written on X that only the far-right extremist Alternative for Germany (AFD) can "save Germany", something that has been met with harsh criticism. .

Anger after Elon Musk supported German far-right

Two dead after attack on German Christmas market

Two people have been killed after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg shortly after 7 pm on Friday evening. According to the city's mayor, 70 are injured, of which 15 are seriously injured, reports TV channel MDR.

Two dead after attack on German Christmas market

Car Crisis Under Review in Europe

Already in January, the EU Commission promises to launch a "strategic dialogue" about the future of the car industry in Europe. The announcement comes after crisis headlines at many major car brands, which have also led to demands for relaxed environmental regulations.

Car Crisis Under Review in Europe

Scholz and Trump in talks about the Ukraine war

Germany's Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the USA's incoming President Donald Trump agree that the war in Ukraine has gone on "for too long", it is announced from the German side. "It is of utmost importance that steps are taken as soon as possible towards a just, reasonable and sustainable peace", they have agreed on during a phone call, according to the German government.

Scholz and Trump in talks about the Ukraine war

Zelensky in Brussels on the hunt for air defense

Air defense is on the wish list when Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj visits Brussels. Nato's Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants to keep a lid on potential peace talks.

Zelensky in Brussels on the hunt for air defense

Kristersson: Don't take the US for granted

EU leaders meet for the year's final summit in Brussels. Support for Ukraine tops the agenda as usual.

Kristersson: Don't take the US for granted

Unexpectedly gloomy in German economy

The business climate in Germany, the EU's economic engine, deteriorates unexpectedly much according to a monthly index from the German analysis institute Ifo. "The German economy's weakness has become chronic", says Ifo chief Clemens Fuest according to a press release.

Unexpectedly gloomy in German economy

German Re-election after Scholz Loses Confidence

Germany's Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost, as expected, a confidence vote in parliament. The Christian Democrats are the favorite in the new election expected in February.

German Re-election after Scholz Loses Confidence

NATO and EU in Extra Meeting with Zelenskyj

A number of European leaders and NATO chief Mark Rutte are planning an extraordinary meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj on Wednesday, according to the news site Politico. .

NATO and EU in Extra Meeting with Zelenskyj

Scholz Requests Vote of Confidence Next Week

Germany's Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has now, as expected, formally requested a vote of confidence on December 16. This is so that the country can hold a new election on February 23 next year, seven months earlier than planned.

Scholz Requests Vote of Confidence Next Week

Crisis creates power vacuum in EU

Who is really in charge? The question is increasingly justified in the EU when both France and Germany are shaken by government crises. Ukraine is hit the hardest.

Crisis creates power vacuum in EU