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AfD far-right radicals to lead party into election | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

German lawmaker confronts online hate speech, death threats | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

German lawmaker confronts online hate speech, death threats From abuse on the web to attacks on the SPD office in Wuppertal, threats of death and mutilation are a regular experience for the parliamentarian and anti-racism campaigner Helge Lindh. But giving up is not an option. "I don't want to be a victim because of my role; I make no concessions to hate and fear," Lindh says Helge Lindh has vowed not to back down against hate speech online, but he can't even remember when he received the first death threat. Was it September 2018? Or October? At the time, Lindh had fished a letter out of his mailbox. It was long, threatening, neatly written by hand and almost meticulously complemented with newspaper clippings. And it was the first time that someone had threatened the member of the Social Democrats (SPD) in no uncertain terms: "Keep it up and I'll kill you!"

COVID exposes digital deficit in German government

COVID exposes digital deficit in German government dw.com 4 hrs ago Mark Hallam Whether with coronavirus figures filed by fax, or online forms for financial aid which then need to be printed out and signed, the pandemic has shown German government bodies lag behind European neighbors going digital. © Torsten Sukrow/SULUPRESS.DE/picture alliance COVID has forced the German government to upgrade a lot of its systems and rethink several shortcomings, but progress is still slow Around a year of lockdowns and working from home has thrust a spotlight on the German government's technical shortcomings.Watching the 16 states sharing their coronavirus databy fax until the arrival of SORMAS (Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System) software became perhaps the most obvious but by no means the sole example of this.

Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech Threats against politicians have sharply risen ahead of September's general elections. The leading candidate to replace Angela Merkel has rapidly become the prime target for misogyny, vitriol, and fake news. It's been barely three weeks since Annalena Baerbock was nominated as the Green party's chancellor candidate. But it took only a matter of hours after her nomination on April 19 for disinformation and hate about her to begin spreading like wildfire online. Green party election campaign leader Michael Kellner says the hate and fake reports have taken on a "completely new dimension." 

German politics: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

Germany: SPD officially names Olaf Scholz as chancellor candidate | News | DW

Germany's SPD chooses Olaf Scholz as chancellor candidate Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) voted on Sunday for the current Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to be their choice for chancellor should they win the September general election. The former mayor of Hamburg won 96.2% of the votes from the almost 600 SPD delegates who were taking part in this weekend's online party conference. Sunday's result was far from a surprise, as the party leadership had already nominated him for the candidacy — more than a year before the election. The now officially confirmed chancellor candidate gave his thanks to the party in a tweet, saying "I want to thank everyone for this great result. It is the foundation for the change that we will work towards. Now, let's get to work!"

Lancaster eCommerce group hires former MMU regional affairs head as Communications Director

by Charlie Spargo Lancaster's Cloud Commerce Group has made two senior appointments in the form of Michael Taylor (pictured, centre) and Scott Armstrong (pictured, left). The provider of multi-channel eCommerce software has hired Taylor - the former Head of Regional Affairs at Manchester Metropolitan University and Insider Media Editorial Director - as its Group Communications Director. At the same time, it has appointed Armstrong, previously Global Client Partner at Armstrong Craven and interim Business Development Director at Banc, as its Sales Director for the Cloud Seller Pro and Go businesses. Both are experienced figures in their field, with Taylor having held a wide range of editorial and communications roles around the North of England and Armstrong working across senior commercial roles in tech and digital. 

The SPD seeks to reinvent itself | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

The SPD seeks to reinvent itself This weekend's party conference is to be the official launch of the election campaign and put wind into the SPD's sails. Olaf Scholz is set to be confirmed as the candidate for chancellor. But will the party back him? The SPD's top candidate for chancellor needs to win over the hearts and minds of the party For weeks now, leading Social Democrats have taken left-wing positions on foreign policy and defense issues. They said they wanted to reduce arms spending and payments to NATO, spoke out against the use of armed drones by the Bundeswehr, and demanded that US nuclear weapons located in the west of the country be removed.

German elections: Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz joins team Laschet | NRS-Import | DW

German elections: Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz joins team Laschet Staunch conservative Friedrich Merz has lost many power struggles within the Christian Democratic Union. Now he's throwing his weight behind struggling chancellor candidate Armin Laschet — to get what in return? Armin Laschet and Friedrich Merz have decided to team up for the election Just three months ago, Friedrich Merz was competing against Armin Laschet to become chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany's largest big-tent party. He lost. Again. For the second time in three years, party delegates decided that Friedrich Merz was not the best man to lead Angela Merkel's conservatives. 

Germany′s Greens ahead of Merkel′s CDU/CSU in new poll | News | DW