German Politics Tracker

• Postwar precedent: AfD's 43.8% victory, just short of majority, positions it for Germany's first far-right state government since 1945.
• Merz...

The Bundestag exchange after AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win exposes sharp new fault lines.

• Migration as ethnic cleansing: Merz branded AfD "remigration"...

• AfD's 43.8% landslide in Saxony-Anhalt crushed Merz's CDU at 17%, exposing deep voter fury over the economy
• Merz called the defeat "unprecedented"...

Germany is embedding national security deeper into both inbound investment and outbound exports in 2026.

• Investment screening under the AWG and AWV...

Nearly one-third of Germany's workforce depends on export activity, underscoring why foreign trade defines its economic choices.

• Goods exports...

AfD's 43.8% victory in Saxony-Anhalt reveals a hollowed political center, driven by immigration backlash and economic decline that mainstream parties...

Finance Minister Klingbeil defended the 2027 budget's "painful compromises" as necessary for a sovereign, resilient, innovative and socially just...

Europe heads into winter with gas storage at just 65% full — the lowest in 15 years — as the Iran conflict blocks LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and Asia outbids the EU for cargoes. High prices above €75/MWh further discourage storage.

EU and German leaders are shifting from engagement to trade defense because China's surging exports and shrinking EU market share threaten core...

Germany's draft bill sets December 31, 2026 as the cut-off, moving crypto assets bought from 2027 onward under the 25% flat-rate withholding tax and...

Record heat, drought, and heat-related deaths have hit Germany hard, yet public protests and government response remain muted.

• Activist burnout:...

Germany's July industrial output fell 1.1%, but defense contracts hid a sharper 1.4% drop in civilian manufacturing orders.

• Automotive collapse:...

The six-week delay in swearing in Germany's health and transport ministers reveals administrative capacity shortfalls in the coalition, triggered by a botched reshuffle that left CDU members furious and postponed oaths until after the summer recess.

The European Commission proposed new rules on September 9 allowing local authorities to limit short-term rentals like Airbnb in "under housing stress"...

Lavrov's "real war" claim followed Germany's accusation of Russian drone attack at Leipzig airport and closure of Russia's Bonn consulate. German...

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