By Can Çakır In recent election polls published in Germany in the past weeks, the three-party coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), appears to loose the majority in the parliament. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), the main opposition party, came out by far in the first place while ...
By Gökhan Dağtekin This week Germany experienced one of the largest security operations in its history. The German state and mainstream media accused the group “Reichsbürger” (Reich citizens) of plotting to seize power by attacking the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament). Chief Public Prosecutor Peter Frank has stated that the members of the group are determined and therefore the threat is ...
By Tunç Akkoç They had shown up before in protest actions against Covid-19 restrictions. Their name is “Veterans for Law and Freedom”. They have established a platform consisting of retired soldiers who served in the armies of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Their emblem is a combination of the flags of the Federal and Democratic ...