The main opposition were left reeling on Friday by a poll predicting a crushing defeat in the Bavarian state election, which comes just a week before the national election.
Green Party politician Claudia Roth said on Saturday afternoon that she had the appalling experience of being at the Taksim Square protest in Turkey when police violently ended the gathering.
Although less than 50 percent of Germans are optimistic about their current situation, more than half think their future will be better and the number of pessimists in the country dropped, a survey released on Saturday showed.
The German Green party leadership has vowed to commission an independent investigation into allegations that it supported a group keen to legalize sex with children decades ago.
Germany's political parties will receive more state money than ever before, it was reported on Monday. In the run-up to September's election, the country's parties will be fuelled by over €154 million.
The German government has given the go-ahead for the sale of 164 tanks to Indonesia. Some fear the controversial deal will mean vehicles used in domestic conflict with ethnic minority groups, it emerged late on Tuesday.
Almost three quarters of Germans would like to see higher taxes on top earners, a study suggested on Friday. Those who said they were opposed were largely those taking home more than €5,000 a month.
Germany's Greens pledged to fight a joint battle with the centre-left Social Democrats against conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections five months away as it wrapped up a three-day party congress Sunday.
Members of Germany’s Green Party have backed a plan to raise income tax to 49% for people earning more than €80,000. The current rate is 42%. It has also vowed to increase tax on salaries of over €60,000 to 45%.
Prostitution is legal in Germany, but the Green party says it wants tighter regulation of the sex industry by proposing a law forcing clients to get certificate of clean health from a doctor before heading to the brothel.
That two-year-old fridge that spluttered and died? The washing machine you had to replace after a year? Such planned obsolescence is no accident, with a new German study warning that many goods are not being made to last.
The Greens are calling for a a 22 cent tax on plastic bags – a move that the European Union Commission has thought about but not implemented, the <i>Bild</i> newspaper reported on Saturday.
Most Germans regard social justice and fairness as the most important issue for Germany's upcoming general election, a recent poll revealed – something the centre-left opposition is hoping to use to unseat Chancellor Merkel.
The German opposition is pushing for a law allowing people from Turkish and other non-EU backgrounds dual citizenship - as Turkish Prime Minister demanded Chancellor Angela Merkel give up her resistance to the idea.
Federal elections in Germany, Europe's top economy and political powerhouse, will be held on September 22nd, the country's president said on Friday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel bidding for a third term.
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens are enjoying a boost in national support after a state election victory in Lower Saxony, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.
The opposition will soon have a majority in Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat - and are planning to use it to push through a minimum wage and alter the disputed child care subsidy.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partner the Free Democratic Party has been hit by a new opinion poll which found that just two percent of Germans would vote for them. Luckily for Merkel, her Christian Democrats are picking up the slack.
German industry sharply reduced their large-scale donations to political parties last year, cutting their support by around a third, according to figures compiled by parliament.
Green party leaders Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir were re-elected to run the party for the next two years on Saturday. For Roth, victory was sweet after loosing her bid to represent the Greens in next year’s election.
The Green Party leadership choice for the election campaign raised talk of a possible shift towards Angela Merkel's conservatives, prompting the Social Democrats to call for a clear statement in favour of a coalition with them.
Stuttgart elected a Green Party mayor on Sunday – the first time a German state capital has done so. The victory of Fritz Kuhn would seem to seal the party’s hold over Baden-Württemberg, where it leads the state government.
A German court has given the green-light for the controversial extension project on the A100 motorway in Berlin. The federal court in Leipzig dismissed the claims against the ongoing construction, but imposed a few conditions.
