The Alternative for Germany (AfD) could bring sweeping changes if it were to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt. The far-right party, which is currently well ahead in opinion polls, is hoping to form a single-party government and see its lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, become state premier. The Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD is classified by
Germany is entering a decisive election period this month, with three key state polls that could significantly alter the political landscape and make life more difficult for the federal government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz. All eyes are on Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, where about 1.7 million people are eligible to vote, followed by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin
President Donald Trump avoided condemning President Vladimir Putin on Friday over allegations that Russia has carried out espionage attacks on NATO countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump brushed aside a question about one apparent incident: the discovery of explosive-laden drones on Aug. 4 at Leipzig airport in Germany, which officials have linked
The final stretch of the election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt: among the post-war housing blocks of Halle-Neustadt, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has far more at stake than simply winning seats in the state parliament, the Landtag. Sahra Wagenknecht outlines a climate of extreme polarisation in which her party is under attack from both sides. Will
“Why should [they] be suffered to swarm into our Settlements, and by herding together establish their Language and Manners to the Exclusion of ours? […] [They] will shortly be so numerous […] and will never adopt our Language or Customs.” These defamatory comments about refugees and asylum-seekers sound as if they might have been made
It is a first in Belgium for a bank. Belfius is being prosecuted in criminal court for failing to compensate one of its customers, a victim of phishing, those online or telephone scams in which a fraudster poses as a bank employee and takes money or personal data. The information was revealed by the daily
The United Nations on Friday largely endorsed a resolution promoting maps that reflect the true scale of continents, following an African-led campaign to move away from the widely used 16th-century Mercator projection. The United States was the only country to vote against the initiative, denouncing it as part of a “much larger and more radical
SNP biggest loser in Edinburgh’s double by-election count as Labour and the Greens each took a seat.
SNP seeks a concrete Grangemouth plan and funding after Burnham said the site could host sustainable aviation fuel.
Wout van Aert a porté son attaque décisive à 3,6 km de l’arrivée, emmenant Valentin Paret-Peintre dans sa roue. Très…
