Armin Laschet has come out in favor of a multi-vector policy
BERLIN, May 3. /TASS/. The leader of Germany’s Christian-Democratic Union, Armin Laschet, who has officially obtained the status of a common candidate for federal chancellor from the conservative alliance Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union, has come out in favor of a multi-vector policy and warned against curtailing the dialogue with Russia and China. Foreign policy has always been geared to the search [for ways of interaction], including cooperation with countries having different social models. This concerns China, Russia and the Arab world countries, Laschet told the newspaper Handelsblatt in an interview. He added that otherwise Germany would have to confine itself to having relations with a handful of European countries.
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For months, two rivals have vied to become the German chancellor candidate of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and take one step closer to succeeding Angela Merkel. Over the last 10 days, the battle has come to a dramatic head.
The two protagonists were the minister-presidents of Germany s two most populous states, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria. The contest saw Armin Laschet, 60, minister-president of North Rhine- Westphalia since 2017 and chairman of the CDU since January 2021, face off against Markus Soder, 54, minister-president of Bavaria and chairman of the CSU. The CSU is the Bavarian sister party of the CDU, which forms a united bloc in the German parliament, the Bundestag. What did each candidate offer?
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Germanyâs highest court has ruled that a rent cap imposed by the Berlin state government is illegal, dealing a huge blow to those who have campaigned to keep the city affordable.
The constitutional court in Karlsruhe overturned the law on Thursday, saying lawmakers in the state had no right to instigate the law, one of the most controversial and debated pieces of legislation in recent years.
The rent cap came into force in February last year, freezing rents for 1.5m (90%) of Berlinâs flats at their June 2019 level for five years. New rents could not go beyond that level and, from November 2020, existing rents that were still above it had to be reduced.