Interview with the party’s main candidate ahead of local elections tomorrow. Germany’s state of North Rhine-Westphalia heads to the election on September 14. With only a few days remaining before the election, parties are stepping up their campaigns. One of these parties is the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – BSW), which narrowly missed the threshold of minimum vote ...
On a possible alliance between the Alternative for Germany and the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht. By Doğu Perinçek, Chairman of the Vatan Party (Türkiye) Today, however, Germany –no matter from which perspective one looks—is standing on the threshold of a path that could be called “moving closer to the East”. The necessity of economic cooperation with rising Asia, particularly China, the ...
On Europe’s militarization and its growing economic and political crises, from the Turkish community in Germany, to Türkiye–Germany relations, from cultural imperialism to and Israel’s aggression. Tomasz Froelich is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. He also serves on the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Delegation for Relations with ...
Germany sets up military posts just 20 km from the Russian border, while NATO pursues military exercises along Türkiye’s borders. By Deniz Yıldırım Germany has begun to deploy troops to Lithuania, with the “need to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank”. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited the 45th Tank Brigade stationed in Lithuania. This move marks the ...
Despite the new government’s militarization politics, there might be a new chapter for German-Russian relations on the horizon. By Cengiz Köse The majority of German society punished the previous war-mongering government in the elections on 23 February 2025. With the defeat of the SPD-Greens, the “left” of imperialism weakened in Germany. However, the German society, trying to escape the rain, ...
The designated minister for culture and media calls decolonization “a landslide loss of power” and demands to rewrite history serving expansive global policy. Following the recent federal elections, the new German government and its cabinet of ministers is expected to be announced soon. Meanwhile, the country’s expected new chancellor Friedrich Merz has already pushed forward with a further militarization of ...
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 ...