The new governing coalition may soon face public protests due to its policies. By Ali Mercan, Frankfurt / Germany The coalition talks between the Christian Union (CDU-CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) entered an intense phase during the second week of April. The fluctuations in public support reflected in the latest polls have increased pressure on both sides. It ...
From securing supply lines to fighting insurgencies, a wide range of tasks might be waiting for the 6000 soldiers. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s militarization of foreign policy, especially towards Russia has been discussed intensely. The German government has widened the military budget beyond the imaginable. The public opinion discusses day by day the reintroduction of obligatory military ...
The German government has turned the relation between debt and growth upside down: With the reform, the entire economy will work to pay the debt. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s militarization of foreign policy is advancing fast. The country has recently decided to deploy troops to Lithuania permanently. Simultaneously, the government has deepened the initiative of “Change of ...
Experts say repression is threatening Germany’s general political culture, too. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany The genocide against the Palestinians continues to spark protests around the world. Some countries repress them in a way that calls into question their own democratic culture. The Berlin district of Neukölln is home to 160,000 people, a quarter of them Muslims from Türkiye ...
Recent election campaign in Germany, the role of media, and the AfD as a ‘fascist version of the liberals’. The Alternative for Germany, AfD, is considered the winner of the recent parliamentary elections in Germany. The party has more than doubled its votes to 20.8%, achieving 152 seats in the 630-member-parliament and becoming the main opposition party. We asked Krunoslav ...
Somewhere between 200 and 500 billion Euro, the spending needs approval of parliament in a qualified majority. Designated Chancellor Merz thus tends to trick. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s parliamentary election winner, conservative Friedrich Merz, is preparing a massive new funding package for military weapons. The investment requires state borrowing. Possible parliamentary resistance forces the future chancellor into ...
Results and prospects for politics. By Ali Mercan The German elections have provided concrete evidence of the growing global phenomenon we have been describing as “the decline of the Atlantic and the rise of Eurasia”. Movements of anti-imperialism, national sovereignty and independence have been gaining momentum across Asia, Africa, and South America. What the German elections indicate that this momentum ...
The political landscape ahead of the parliament elections of February 23rd. By Ali Mercan Germany has entered the most intense and final phase of the election campaigns leading up to the February 23 elections. The main topics are immigration, foreign policy and the economy. As in the rest of Europe, the influence of global alignment is strongly felt in the ...
Statement of the Association Kulturtreff in Germany regarding the upcoming elections. As the Federal Parliament elections in Germany approach, the government programs of the parties have begun to be presented to the public in election squares and meetings. In order to draw attention to the events taking place before the elections, the association Kulturtreff, which operates in Germany, held two ...
A new policy emerging? By Can Çakır Elon Musk’s open support for Alternative for Germany (AfD) and his joint program broadcast with AfD’s chancellor candidate, Alice Weidel, have become one of the key topics of debate in German politics in the past few weeks as the country heads toward elections. The AfD has long been known for its distanced stance ...