“I’ll be darned,” the US leader said after hearing that Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats were set to win the Sunday election, potentially making him the next chancellor. “They are solid,” he added, referring to the projected winning party. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) took more than 25% of the vote, …
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An exit poll from German broadcaster ARD shows the center-right CDU/CSU union, led by Merkel’s successor, Christian Democrat Armin Laschet, tied on 25% with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Olaf Scholz. However, an alternative exit poll by TV channel ZDF has placed the SPD slightly in the …
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The German election this Sunday is painfully too close to call, because such is the confluence of opinion in Deutschland that, apart from the left and the right, everyone pretty much stands for the same thing. How to choose when everyone looks the same? They love to talk of colourful …
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German broadcaster ARD’s Das Erste (‘The First’) television network gave its viewers an unlikely glimpse into the future on Friday, having shown projected results of the historic election that has not yet taken place. While Germans are only gearing up to elect a new parliament on Sunday, the channel ran …
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Hermann-Spielwaren, located in the Bavarian city of Coburg, revealed the 40-centimeter tall toy bearing a certain resemblance to the chancellor. © hermann.de The teddy bear is sporting a hairstyle similar to Frau Merkel, while the paws can be folded to replicate the legendary hand gesture known as the ‘Merkel rhombus’. …
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Facebook’s head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher announced the action on Thursday, saying that his team has been working for months to “expand our network disruption efforts so we can address threats that come from groups of authentic accounts coordinating on our platform to cause social harm.” The closest his …
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The 63-year-old federal minister was brought to Berlin’s Charite clinic by ambulance around 9pm local time on Monday, according to sources cited by Bild. He had reportedly complained of “malaise” and having difficulty speaking ahead of the Economic Committee meeting at a hotel in the capital. His current condition is …
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“It is with deep sadness and dismay that we learned of the sudden death of the German Ambassador to China,” the Federal Foreign Office said in a brief statement on its website. The circumstances surrounding the diplomat’s abrupt death have not been released yet. “Our thoughts at this moment are …
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Speaking on Friday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said people who have not been vaccinated against the virus have a responsibility to others including those under the age of 12 who are unable to be inoculated. He said the virus would very likely find people who have not yet been vaccinated …
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The data, which was cited by the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, came from the government’s response to an inquiry by the right-wing anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Out of 330 individuals listed as threats on the basis of “religious ideology” as of July 1, 186 were either exclusively German nationals or …
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