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 economy. Now, one of the expected ministers, Wolfram Weimer, responsible for culture and media, sparks debate in the country due to his ...
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 is said that the results of the coalition negotiations would be announced during ...
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 service, while scenarios of a Russian attack on the country are being widely discussed in great parts of media. ...
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 Era”, which former Chancellor Olaf Scholz had announced, establishing a fond of 100 billion Euro for the military. In its last days before the new ...
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 and Arab countries, including Palestine. These days, their children are ...
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 Stojakovic, expert at the German Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation, for its reasons. The interview was conducted just before the elections. The AfD ...
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 a possible trick. Following his parliamentary victory on February 23, Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union announced talks with the Social Democratic ...
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 is now gaining a new ...
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 German elections. Key factors nationalism, the nation-state and a production-based economy, ...
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 press statements in Berlin and Frankfurt. The statements, organized with the ...