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Four teens investigated over attack on German MEP

Four suspects have been identified in the attack on German Social Democrat (SPD) MEP Matthias Ecke, police said on Monday, with more protests expected in Berlin.

6 May 2024

Europe News

Teenager turns himself in for attack on German MEP

Matthias Ecke, a member of Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party, was attacked on Saturday while out campaigning.

4 May 2024

World News

Activists mount pressure on German government to sign heating bill

On Friday, climate activists in Berlin marched to the German Chancellery, calling on the federal government to quit arguing and agree on its proposed climate policy.

17 June 2023

Germany

Musical chairs: Germany's FDP to swap Bundestag seats with CDU

The new coalition partners have said they no longer want to sit next to the German's far-right AfD party.

16 December 2021

Germany

Germany's liberal FDP party approves coalition government

The coalition is expected to get the final "all clear" on Monday when the Greens publish the result of their member survey.

6 December 2021

Germany

Euroviews. The Greens and Liberals could wield great power in Germany | View

"Voters handed the real power to two smaller parties, the Greens (Die Grünen) and the liberal FDP, who are now guaranteed to be part of almost any possible coalition."

30 September 2021

Germany

German election: Greens and FDP to be key players in coalition talks

As political parties set out to discuss how to form a governing coalition in Germany, two parties know they're in a position of strength: the Free Democrats and the Greens.

27 September 2021

Germany

Germany's SPD elects new leftist leadership

Germany's SPD elects new leftist leadership - raising doubts about the future of ruling coalition

1 December 2019

Germany

Tributes to former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s former foreign minister and first openly gay leader of a mainstream political party, has died aged 54, just months after

18 March 2016