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The global situation is changing dramatically day by day, all of which requires a capable German government,
he said, expressing confidence The previous parliament is history,
Even though young men are still more strongly voting for a left-wing party than old men, they also much more strongly favour the AfD than young women: A quarter of men younger than 25 voted for the AfD, whereas only 14 percent of women of the same age did so. It is currently hard to tell why we see those differences, but opposing views on immigration and gender equality … are more strongly dividing the young than the old,
We pursue a concrete goal: We fight for a society in which no child has to grow up poor, in which all men and women can live a self-determined life in peace, dignity and social security and can democratically shape social relations. To achieve this we need a different economic and social system: Democratic socialism,
Young voters might be less scared off by their agenda than four years ago,
The party generally over-performed compared to polls and the party did much better among the young than four years ago,
I’m extremely happy that they have had such success, but I’m not sure what I should think about the future of Germany,
Merz clearly thinks the US is throwing Ukraine to the wolves and providing weaponry for Ukraine would strengthen its hand,
Timothy Less, senior adviser for geopolitics at Cambridge University’s Centre for Risk Studies, told Al Jazeera I take Merz’s comments on independence from the US as a serious statement about his and Germany’s support for a stronger Europe,
It is a big mistake to pay for not working, and to give others not the best incentives to come back to the labour market,
he told the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos last month Europe stepping up its defence game wouldn’t weaken NATO; it would strengthen the alliance, boost transatlantic ties, and improve cooperation,
Without real budget muscle behind it, Merz’s rhetoric is just noise,
We will immediately stop that part of migration that comes from family reunification,
Once the EU public grasps the staggering financial cost of propping up Ukraine’s war effort and the long-term danger of pushing Russia into tighter alliances with China, North Korea, and Iran, they’ll demand the war ends,
Demetries Grimes, a former naval commander and US attache to Greece and Israel, told Al Jazeera I can’t trust him any more,
Scholz said after the vote The real issue isn’t autonomy for its own sake – it’s about boosting deterrence,
The world will not wait for us. We must now rapidly regain our ability to act,
emphasized the CDU leader Friedrich Merz, on the eve of his election victory Germany must once again assume a leading role in Europe – not from the top down, but with France, with Poland, with a strong European Union,
emphasized CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann during the election campaign If it is destroyed, that would not only be detrimental to Europe, it would also be detrimental to America,
Merz said on Monday at the CDU party headquarters in Berlin So that we are once again present in Europe, and internationally: Germany will be reliably governed again."
he wants to form a new federal government by Easter if possible, i.e. by mid-April
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