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by Tyler Durden Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 - 08:37 AM Following a series of disappointments that has seen a string of would-be successors to Chancellor Angela Merkel rise and fall, Germanys Christian Democratic Union, the dominant party in the countrys ruling coalition, has finally chosen a successor to the long-ruling Merkel. On Monday, Conservative Armin Laschet put an end to a messy standoff over the future of Germanys most powerful political party when he clinched the nomination to run for the c...

Leader of Merkel’s CDU party to head election challenge after Bavarian rival ends bid

Green co-president is a candidate for Germanys elections Green co-president is a candidate for Germanys elections Berlin, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Annalena Baerbock, co-president of the German Green Party, on Monday became the candidate for federal chancellor in the September general elections. Annalena Baerbock will be the first Green candidate for the Chancellery, she will guide us in this campaign with a view to the September 26 elections, the other party president, Robert Habeck, who also asp...

Return of German politics By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― Angela Merkels 16-year reign as German chancellor is coming to an end. Whatever ones feelings about her, she has put her stamp on an entire era. But political epochs rarely end quietly, and "Muttis" long goodbye is no exception. German electoral politics have finally started to heat up. The first two state elections of what will be a super election year pointed to the possibility that the federal election on Sept. 26 could produce a new ...

Curfews in Berlin, Hamburg and Brandenburg to prevent crowds Merkel seeks coherent policy with other state leaders in effort to reduce Covid third wave Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 19:19 People sit in the sun in Berlin: From Friday, the city has banned all gatherings of more than two people between 9pm and 5am. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty   With a summery Easter weekend looming, Berlin, Hamburg and Brandenburg have imposed night-time restrictions in response to recent gatherings of crowds in defiance...

Covid 19 coronavirus: European Commission hits out at EU nations for hoarding vaccines 16 Mar, 2021 05:52 PM 6 minutes to read Debate over Australia Astrazeneca suspension. Video / Sky News Daily Telegraph UK By: James Crisp & Justin Huggler The European Commission on Tuesday attacked EU governments for hoarding unused coronavirus vaccines as a political crisis threatened to engulf Angela Merkels government over Germanys decision to suspend use of the AstraZeneca jab. The rare rebuke from Bruss...

As the whole nation prepares to go the the polls in September, the CDU is reeling from its “worst-ever election result” in the southwestern states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, where the centre-right party has “historically enjoyed firm support”, says the BBC. In Baden-Wurttemberg, the Green Party is on track to retain power with around 32% of the vote, with the CDU expected to get just 24%. And in neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate, the centre-left Social Democrats...

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3 minute read 2020 broke all records for political betting. Turnover on the race for next US president rose eightfold, on what was already the biggest market in Betfair’s history. Sadly, there will be no such record-breaking activity in 2021 because there are no major US elections planned. There will, nevertheless, be plenty of opportunities in the States and beyond, particularly in Europe. Trump’s Senate Trial Starts Today Image: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Donald...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Image: Express) It is intended to help companies that do not exactly meet the previous auxiliary criteria or where special conditions in certain industries are not recorded. But according to Mr Scholz, a supplementary budget will be necessary this year due to the coronavirus pandemic despite the high level of new borrowing. In order to counteract the pandemic for as long as necessary, the SPD candidate for chancellor reassured the public they are "able to do thi...