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CNN —Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. The coalition has been at loggerheads over how to revive Germany’s economy. What problems is Germany’s economy facing? Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, shrank last year for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Party leader Alice Weidel has already hailed the coalition’s collapse as a “liberation” for Germany.

Persons: Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Christian Lindner’s, Scholz, Donald Trump, Europe’s, Angela Merkel, Gerhard Schröder, Merkel, Christian Lindner, Christoph Soeder, Friedrich Merz, Lindner, Liesa Johannssen, “ Lindner, ” Lindner, ”, Carsten Brzeski, “, Robert Habeck, Annegret Hilse, Merz, Alice Weidel, ” Weidel Organizations: CNN, Free Democrats Party, Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, SPD, Green Party, CDU, Trump, Social Democratic Party, Greens, ING, Volkswagen, CDU –, Christian Democratic Union, Party Locations: Germany, Germany’s, Nazi, Thuringia, France, Italy, Ukraine, China, ”

☆ Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss: German prince accused of leading coup plot goes on trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Inke Kappeler | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, 72, is accused of leading the plot, which would have led to him becoming Germany’s head of state. Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a former judge, attends the Frankfurt trial on Tuesday. The former lawmaker allegedly led co-defendants around the Reichstag parliament to scout the site for a coup plot. In addition to the five judges, two others will be on standby for the Frankfurt trial in the event of a long-term absence. Malsack-Winkemann, an ex-lawmaker for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, allegedly led several co-defendants around the Reichstag building scouting the location.

Persons: Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, Birgit Malsack, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Kai Pfaffenbach, Maximilian Eder, Ruediger von Pescatore Organizations: CNN, Bundestag, Reuters, Frankfurt, Public Locations: Frankfurt, German, Stuttgart, Munich, Germany, Hesse

More than 1 million people attended protests across Germany over the weekend, showing their opposition to a right-wing political party that most recently discussed the deportation of large numbers of foreign-born residents. The demonstrations against the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party, have now continued into a second week nationwide. What Is the Alternative for Germany Party? The anti-immigrant, far-right party, founded in 2013 and now led by the German politician Alice Weidel, has been gaining polling ground. What Does Recent German Polling Show?

Persons: –, Martin Sellner, Olaf Scholz, Alice Weidel Organizations: People, Bundestag, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, Christian Democratic Union, Germany Party, News Locations: Germany, Munich, Berlin, Europe, France, Potsdam –, Austrian, German, Nazi, Germany's, Thuringia, Saxony, Brandenburg, U.S

☆ Germany's budget committee pauses 2024 budget deliberations -panel members
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Maria Martinez | Thomson Reuters | Maria Martinez Is A Reuters Correspondent In Berlin Covering German Economics | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Germany's budget committee paused final deliberations on the 2024 draft budget early on Friday morning, according to the chief budget officers of the coalition government, after a constitutional court ruling threw negotiations into disarray. The contents of the ministries' budgets were finalised during the committee meeting, the budget officers said. On Wednesday, the constitutional court decision prompted the government to postpone the formal vote of the budget committee until next Thursday. Despite the court ruling, the 2024 budget is expected to be passed as planned at the end of the Bundestag's budget week on Dec. 1, according to members of the budget committee. The chief budget officers of the coalition government accused the opposition of refusing to cooperate in budget deliberations.

Persons: Liesa, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's, Joerg Kraemer, Friedrich Merz, Commerzbank's Kraemer, Maria Martinez, Holger Hansen, Clarence Fernandez, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Greens, Free Democrats, European Commission, dpa, Bundestag's Energy, CDU, CSU, Christian Democratic Union, ESF, Economic, Stabilization, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Ukraine

The economy and finance ministry declined immediate comment. "So the ruling could have a negative impact on economic growth," the source added. Last month, the economy ministry predicted 1.3% growth for next year. Although the Greens want additional spending, the Free Democrats (FDP), which heads the finance ministry, reject additional debt and higher taxes. "There is a clear political decision in favour of Intel and nothing has changed yet," said an economy ministry spokesperson on Friday.

Persons: Liesa, Olaf Scholz's, Christian Lindner, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's, Joerg Kraemer, Robert Habeck, Habeck, Friedrich Merz, Christian Haase, Commerzbank's Kraemer, Maria Martinez, Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen, Christian Kraemer, Madeline Chambers, Matthias Williams, Clarence Fernandez, Gerry Doyle, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thursday, Greens, Free Democrats, Transformation, Intel, U.S, Christian Democratic Union, ESF, Economic, Stabilization, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Europe's

☆ Germany welcomes China's support for G20 debt restructuring framework
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building, in Berlin, Germany September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Germany has welcomed a show of support from China for the G20 debt restructuring framework for poorer countries in a joint statement after their financial dialogue in Frankfurt over the weekend. Neither provided further details on the rules for the restructuring plans and the joint statement did not give specifics. "This creates opportunities on both sides for more responsible trade and investment," German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday. The meeting took place in Frankfurt, as Germany want to further strengthen this city as an European hub for financial services, the finance minister said.

Persons: Christian Lindner, Liesa, Sunday's, Lindner, ” Lindner, Maria Martinez, Alison Williams Organizations: Bundestag, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, China, Frankfurt, Africa, Asia, Beijing, European

☆ Germany bans neo-Nazi group, raids members' homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO-German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser attends a session of the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building, in Berlin, Germany September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - German authorities raided dozens of locations nationwide on Wednesday after interior minister Nancy Faeser banned a right-wing extremist group accused of spreading Nazi ideology. The headquarters of the group, dubbed "Artgemeinschaft", as well as 26 homes belonging to 39 members were searched in the early hours across 12 states, the interior ministry said in a statement. "This right-wing extremist group has tried to raise new enemies of the constitution with its disgusting indoctrination of children and young people." German authorities this month banned another neo-Nazi group, "Hammerskins Deutschland" with roots in the United States and raided the homes of 28 members after an investigation lasting more than a year in co-operation with U.S. officials.

Persons: Nancy Faeser, Liesa, arsonists, Faeser, Friederike Heine, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Bundestag, REUTERS, Rights, Nazi, U.S, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, United States

☆ China targeting German tech 'through back door' with licences: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

(Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)China is going after licences to boost its access to German technology as investment regulation makes company acquisitions in the sector increasingly difficult, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a study. The study conducted by the IW economic institute, analysing Bundesbank data on behalf of the newspaper, found German licence revenues from China more than tripled in 2022 compared to 2014. Compared with 2020, the increase was about half. "There is a clear early indication that Chinese companies are looking for a new way to get access to German technology," said Juergen Matthes, head of IW's global and regional markets research unit. Tech licences are one way for China to try to get in "through the back door", he told Reuters.

Persons: John MACDOUGALL, JOHN MACDOUGALL, Juergen Matthes Organizations: AFP, Getty Images, Tech, Reuters Locations: Berlin, Germany, China, Russia

☆ Trump told his top military advisor 'we're going to give that to the next guy,' apparently conceding Biden's win days before January 6
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In a meeting with Gen. Mark Milley, Trump said "it's too late for us" and "we're going to give that to the next guy." According to special counsel Jack Smith's indictment, Trump had been informed that Inauguration Day was fast approaching. "Yeah, you're right, it's too late for us," Trump told Milley and another unnamed advisor, according to the indictment. The meeting is a key part of Smith's indictment of the now-former president for his actions before and during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The nation's highest-ranking military officer was reportedly worried about a "Reichstag moment" during Trump's final days in office.

Persons: Trump, Mark Milley, it's, Jack Smith's, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Milley, Biden Organizations: Service, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Electoral, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, Reichstag

☆ Discreetly, Berlin Confronts Russian Spies Hiding in Plain Sight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Erika Solomon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN — Every day as he settles into his desk, Erhard Grundl, a German lawmaker, looks outside his office window into the embassy he knows may be spying on him. “I come into the office, and on a windy day, I see the Russian flag waving. It feels a bit like Psalm 23: ‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,’” he said, chuckling. For years, a silent espionage struggle played out here along the city’s iconic Under den Linden avenue. Members of Parliament like Mr. Grundl were warned by intelligence offices to protect themselves — to turn computer screens away from the window, stop using wireless devices that were easier to tap, and close the window blinds for meetings.

[1/7] BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 30: King Charles III addresses members of the German Bundestag at the Reichstag Building on March 30, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The king, on the second day of a three-day trip to Germany, alternated between German and English for the half-hour speech, which won a standing ovation from lawmakers. Both Britain and Germany had shown "vital leadership", Charles said, praising Berlin's decision to provide large military support to Ukraine as "remarkably courageous, important and appreciated". Throughout his visit, German officials have praised his interest in environmental causes and sustainability that has shone through in the engagements he has chosen to understake. Charles had been due to travel first to France but cancelled that part of the tour due to violent social unrest there.

☆ Germany to tighten gun laws after suspected coup plot, interior minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerBERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Germany plans to tighten its gun laws in the wake of a suspected plot by a far-right group to violently overthrow the government and install a minor royal as national leader, its interior minister said in an interview published on Sunday. German police last week arrested 25 people suspected of involvement in the plot, which has shocked many in one of Europe's most stable democracies. "These are not harmless crazy people but suspected terrorists who are now sitting in pre-trial detention," Faeser was quoted as saying. "We need all authorities to exert maximum pressure" to remove their weapons, Faeser was quoted as saying, which was why the government would "shortly further tighten gun laws". Prior to the raids, authorities had already confiscated weapons from more than 1,000 Reichsbuerger members.

This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the German government. Prosecutors have said the 58-year-old, a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was to become justice minister in a new state headed by aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss after the coup. The AfD said in a statement on Wednesday that it condemned the efforts of the suspected plotters. The inscription 'To the German people' is written above the entrance to the Reichstag building, the seat of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2022. Nationwide it is polling at 14%, making it the most successful far-right party in Germany since World War Two.

☆ Factbox: Far-right attacks, scandals in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following are some of the far-right attacks and scandals that have shaken Germany in recent years:Jan. 2021 - Far-right sympathiser Stephan Ernst is handed a life sentence for shooting dead pro-immigration conservative politician Walter Luebcke who was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in western Germany in 2019. Luebcke had been an outspoken supporter of former Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision in 2015 to let in refugees. June 2020 - German defence minister disbands company of its elite KSK special forces after a scandal over its links to far-right radicals. The attacker, a 27-year-old German, fatally shoots a woman outside the synagogue and a man inside a nearby kebab shop. An official report later says police had "massively underestimated" the risk of far-right violence and that missteps had allowed the cell to go undetected.

☆ Explainer: Germany's Reichsbuerger: Searching for an emperor and fascinated by guns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sabine Siebold | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REICHSBUERGER MOVEMENT NUMBERS AND STRUCTUREGermany's domestic intelligence service Verfassungsschutz put the Reichsbuerger movement under observation in 2016, shortly after one of its members shot dead a policeman during a raid at his home. Today, the Verfassungsschutz attributes some 21,000 people to the Reichsbuerger, with around 5% or 1,150 of them seen as far-right extremists. Some 2,100 Reichsbuerger are prepared to use violence to reach their goals, according to the 2021 annual report of the agency. REICHSBUERGER BELIEFSMembers of the Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich) do not recognise modern-day Germany as a legitimate state. Other members of the Reichsbuerger argue Germany is still occupied and under military occupation.

☆ German architect von Gerkan, who designed Berlin airport, dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Meinhard von Gerkan, one of Germany's most famous architects who designed Berlin's Tegel Airport and the capital's main railway station, has died at age 87, his office said on Thursday. A year after graduating from his architecture studies in 1964, von Gerkan founded a partnership with Volkwin Marg, which survives under the name "von Gerkan, Marg und Partner" (gmp). Von Gerkan also designed Berlin's main railway station, which is near the chancellery and within sight of the Reichstag parliament's glass cupola, though he fell out with rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which he said mutilated his design. Von Gerkan said Deutsche Bahn had made the underground hall look like a supermarket when it should have been an undulating, cathedral-like space. In 2008, Bahn and von Gerkan settled their dispute, with the rail operator paying an undisclosed sum to a foundation set up by the architect's office.

☆ The Trump-appointed judge who blocked Biden's student-loan forgiveness compared the debt relief to a law enabling Hitler
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Pittman, a federal judge in Texas, blocked Biden's student-debt relief last week. In a hearing prior to the ruling, Pittman compared the relief to a law that gave Hitler power. The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by two student-loan borrowers who sued because they did not qualify for the full amount of debt relief. Replying to that argument, Pittman suggested that allowing loan forgiveness in response to an emergency is similar to a German law that gave Hitler power. "Again this is a Trump-appointed judge invalidating student debt cancellation (after likening statutes authorizing debt cancellation to ... the rise of Hitler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)"

☆ Alex Jones' billion-dollar judgement: The conspiracy theorist has turned career-ending setbacks into profit windfalls, but this could be too much to overcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ashley Collman | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Robbie Parker was later falsely called a crisis actor, and the Parkers are among those who sued Alex Jones for defamation. Longtime informal adviser to Donald Trump, Roger Stone (right), and and Alex Jones (left) speak to reporters in December 2018. Picture showing a computer screen displaying the Twitter account of Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones taken on August 15, 2018 in Washington DC. "Alex Jones is likely to continue being Alex Jones, which means he's likely to try all kinds of shenanigans to avoid accountability," said Holt. "The money awarded in damages does not repair what Alex Jones has done to those parents' lives, but it could be a step towards dismantling the toxic empire that Alex Jones has built around his brand."

☆ Germany and the US aren't going to deter Putin with a few sanctions and frozen bank accounts. It's going to take a strong, democratic alliance to stop the war in Ukraine.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-25 | by ( Mathias Döpfner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Germany must abandon its pacifist foreign policy and stand up against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Germany needs to form tighter ties with the US, stop using Russian gas, and confront Vladimir Putin. Stirred by the nuclear-power-plant disaster in Fukushima, Germany made an epochal blunder and created an unnecessary dependence on Russian energy and Russian policy. Time for a new German foreign policyNow Putin has started the long-feared war with Ukraine. The people of Ukraine need our solidarity, and words will not be enough.

☆ Berlin: Poliţia a făcut uz de gaze lacrimogene pentru a dispersa o manifestaţie anti-restricţii cu circa opt mii de participanţi
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Poliţia a făcut uz de gaze lacrimogene miercuri la Berlin împotriva unei manifestaţii a opozanţilor faţă de restricţiile sanitare, desfăşurată în apropierea Reichstag-ului, unde deputaţii dezbat o lege care înăspreşte mijloacele de luptă împotriva pandemiei, informează AFP şi DPA. Mobilizarea a avut loc în contextul în care camera inferioară a parlamentului (Bundestag) se pregăteşte să aprobe această lege care întăreşte prerogativele sanitare ale guvernului Angelei Merkel faţă de landuri. Potrivit DPA, care citează poliţia, demonstranţii nu respectau regulile de distanţare şi nu purtau măşti chirugicale, impuse de actualele restricţii. În acelaşi timp pe o pancartă se putea citi mesajul "Nu unei legi care îi lipseşte pe cetăţeni de putere". Poliţia a reţinut peste 40 de demonstranţi pentru încălcarea restricţiilor anti-epidemice.

Persons: Poliţia, Angelei Merkel Locations: Berlin, Reichstag, Bundestag

☆ Protestele violentede la Berlin, împotriva noilor restricții anti-COVID, filmate de un moldovean (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Un moldovean stabilit în Germania a reușit să filmeze protestele violente, împotriva noilor restricții anti-COVID, care au avut loc la Berlin. În timpul protestelor de ieri, poliția din zonă a fost nevoită să folosească tunuri de apă pentru a dispersa mulțimea care se strânsese în fața Porții Brandenburg. Protestatarii au fluierat, au bătut în tigăi și au purtat ochelari de protecție în loc de măști în timp ce au mărșăluit până în fața Porții Brandenburg. Protestele în fața clădirii Reichstag au fost interzise, poliția din Berlin temându-se de o repetare a scenelor din august, când protestatarii au încercat să intre cu forța în clădirea parlamentului. Amintim că, Institutul Robert Koch a raportat miercuri că numărul infectărilor cu coronavirus a crescut cu 17.561 în ultimele 24 de ore, bilanţul total ajungând la 833,307, din care 13.119 decese.

Persons: Protestatarii, Robert Koch, coronavirus Organizations: Reichstag Locations: Germania, Berlin, Brandenburg

Membri ai partidului de extremă-dreapta, AfD, au participat și ei la proteste. Un parlamentar extremist, Hansjoerg Mueller a comparat restricțiile împotriva Covid-19 cu actul din 1933 prin care Adolf Hitler a dat lovitura de grație Republicii de la Weimar. Parlamentul german se va reuni după-amiază pentru a vota intrarea în vigoare a noilor restricții. Pe baza lor, guvernul va putea pune în aplicare regulile pentru distanțarea socială, va putea decreta obligativitatea purtării măștii în public și închiderea magazinelor pentru limitarea răspândirii virusului. Dar oricine relativizează sau trivializează Holocaustului nu a învățat nimic din istoria noastră”, a scris Heiko Maas, ministrul de Externe german, pe Twitter.

Persons: . Protestatarii, Mueller, Adolf Hitler, Robert Koch, coronavirus Organizations: Parlamentul, Reichstag, Externe Locations: Parlamentul german, Brandenburg, Berlin, Weimar, Externe german

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