Posts Tagged: Germany Politics
Call to Dissolve State Assembly as Merkel Steps Into Row Over German Far-Right
The newly-elected premier of Thuringia called for the dissolution of the state assembly on Thursday after Chancellor Angela Merkel said his election with support from...
German Far-Right Party Shaken by Rising Sway of Hardliner Hoecke
Scores of senior members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party condemned on Wednesday the rising influence of a local leader who is militantly...
Frankfurt Elects First Jewish Mayor of Large German City Since WWII
For the first time since World War II, a major German city has a Jewish mayor. Peter Feldmann, a self described "liberal Jew" has been elected...
