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Thomas Escritt

Thomas Escritt

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Economy|Europe|Political

Far-right legal challenge adds fresh obstacle to German debt plans

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the Constitutional Court next week over plans to raise new debt

Far-right legal challenge adds fresh obstacle to German debt plans
Economy|Election|Europe|Political

Germany's new debt settlement, and where it could still go wrong

Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy sea-change with support from the Social

Germany's new debt settlement, and where it could still go wrong
Europe|Political|US|World

Trump-Zelenskiy clash exposes divisions in Europe's rising far right

Donald Trump's White House confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is exposing differences within

Trump-Zelenskiy clash exposes divisions in Europe's rising far right
Business|Europe|Finance|Political|Stock Markets

Germany eyes swift moves on defence, investors sniff bonanza

The prospect of a military spending boom by Germany unprecedented since the Cold War sent Europe's defence stocks soaring after Reuters

Germany eyes swift moves on defence, investors sniff bonanza
Economy|Election|Europe|Political

Germans have voted - what happens now?

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike defence spending and tackle diplomatic

Germans have voted - what happens now?
Election|Europe|Political

'Next time we'll come first': German far-right celebrates breakthrough

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that will keep it outside government but

'Next time we'll come first': German far-right celebrates breakthrough
Election|Europe|Political

How do Germany's federal elections work?

Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.

How do Germany's federal elections work?
Economy|Election|Europe|Political|World

Friedrich Merz’s rise to the German chancellery is unlikely third act of long career

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic

Friedrich Merz’s rise to the German chancellery is unlikely third act of long career
Crime|Europe|World

Berlin police arrest suspect in stabbing at Holocaust memorial

German police arrested a suspect in the stabbing on Friday evening at Berlin's Holocaust memorial that seriously injured a man two days before a watershed national

Berlin police arrest suspect in stabbing at Holocaust memorial
Election|Europe|Political|World

Friedrich Merz targeted by pro-Russian disinformation before German vote, researchers say

A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign, researchers say, promoting pro-Russian

Friedrich Merz targeted by pro-Russian disinformation before German vote, researchers say
Election|Europe|Political

How Germany's populist parties could hamper parliament's work

Germany's populist political parties look set to win enough seats to potentially gum up the workings of parliament - even if they don't form part of the next

How Germany's populist parties could hamper parliament's work
Election|Europe|Political|World

Russian-linked bots sow fear, distrust ahead of German vote, researchers find

Russian-linked online disinformation networks are spreading faked spy agency warnings of terrorist attacks in Germany ahead of this month's election in an apparent

Russian-linked bots sow fear, distrust ahead of German vote, researchers find
Election|Europe|Political|Technology

German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X

Elon Musk's social media platform X must release information enabling researchers to track the spread of election-swaying information on the network, a German court

German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
Election|Europe|Political|Technology

German activists sue X demanding election influence data

Activist groups have sued Elon Musk's social media platform X in a Berlin court, accusing it of breaking European law by not giving them the information they need

German activists sue X demanding election influence data
Election|Europe|Political|World

AfD leader's Hungary invite shows erosion of German far-right party's isolation

An endorsement from Elon Musk, 5 million euros in financial donations this year alone, and now an invitation to meet Hungary's Prime

AfD leader's Hungary invite shows erosion of German far-right party's isolation
Election|Europe|Political

Migration law gamble backfires for Germany's conservative chancellor hopeful

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own

Migration law gamble backfires for Germany's conservative chancellor hopeful
Crime|Election|Europe|Political

German parliament rejects migration bill, dealing blow to election frontrunner

Germany's parliament rejected on Friday an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy, averting the prospect of a law passing for

German parliament rejects migration bill, dealing blow to election frontrunner
Asia|Economy|Health|Political|World

Trump's freeze on US aid rings alarm bells from Thailand to Ukraine

Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in war zones, and drugs to treat millions suffering from

Trump's freeze on US aid rings alarm bells from Thailand to Ukraine
Europe|Health|Political|Technology|World

German TikTokers like China, Russia more, poll shows

Germans who get their news through TikTok are less likely to see China as a dictatorship, be less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and be more sceptical

German TikTokers like China, Russia more, poll shows
Crime|Europe|News

German coup suspect targeted for his pandemic beliefs, lawyer says

The lead suspect in the case against nine men accused of plotting a violent coup against the German state was targeted by prosecutors for his role in

German coup suspect targeted for his pandemic beliefs, lawyer says
Crime|Europe|News|Political

Rocked by spy scandal, Germany's far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch

Buffeted by sliding poll ratings and reeling from allegations that it had harboured a Chinese spy in its ranks, Germany's far-right Alternative

Rocked by spy scandal, Germany's far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch
Crime|Europe

German legislator's premises searched in bribery investigation

Authorities in Germany and Spain have searched premises linked to a German legislator who is suspected of receiving bribes and money laundering and was identified

Political|World

ICC warrant request for Israel poses quandary for Germany

German officials rejected any comparison between Hamas and Israel after the International Criminal Court's prosecutor asked judges to issue arrest warrants for

ICC warrant request for Israel poses quandary for Germany
Crime|Europe

German police shoot knifeman who attacked far-right rally

German police said they shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who attacked a right-wing demonstration in the southwestern city of Mannheim on Friday.

German police shoot knifeman who attacked far-right rally
Europe|News|World

Lower taxes, higher pensions: New leftist party wins over Germany's disaffected

A party founded just five months ago by an icon of Germany's hard left has gone from a standing start to seemingly automatic coalition partner in three eastern

Lower taxes, higher pensions: New leftist party wins over Germany's disaffected

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