German politician resigns after being caught up in face mask deal - Nikolas Loebel poses for a picture during an interview with the the German Press Agency (DPA). The lawmaker from German Chancellor Angela Merkel s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is stepping down after his company earned hundreds o.
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Cyber threat looms large over German election
Whether hacking attacks or disinformation campaigns, online meddling could sway public opinion and influence the outcome of the September vote, experts warn. Recent incidents suggest that the threat is real.
When Chancellor Angela Merkel s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) met online to elect a new party leadership in January, hackers carried out a series of massive attacks aimed at throwing the summit into chaos. The attacks picked up speed every time delegates were about to vote.
According to CDU spokespeople, the assailants, operating mostly from abroad, bombarded the party s website with internet traffic to overwhelm its server. At some point, they succeeded. The site collapsed and the livestream of the event cut out.
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Orban Party Leaves Largest EU Parliament Group After Years of Conflict
4 Mar 2021
Fidesz, the party of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has left the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament after the group voted to allow members to strip the privileges of other members.
Prime Minister Orbán wrote a letter to the chairman of the EPP, Manfred Weber of the Angela Merkel aligned CSU party, announcing that Fidesz MEPs would leave the group, accusing the EPP of “trying to mute and disable our democratically elected MEPs” as many were concerned with the Wuhan virus pandemic.