Angela Merkel’s successor, CDU leader Friedrich Merz, demands that immigrants should only be able to obtain citizenship in Germany if they swear allegiance – to Israel. According to Merz, anyone who wants to become a German citizen should fulfill a number of requirements, including a requirement to make a pledge of allegiance to the Israeli state. The requirements must include a permanent... 

Saxony is generally considered to have some of the lowest migrant numbers in Germany, and for years, commentators and newspapers made a point of lambasting the region’s anti-immigrant sentiment when there were few living there. Now, the mayor of Plauen is desperate as crime and violence soar in his city due to migrants dominating the city center, harassing pedestrians and committing serious crimes,... 

Germany’s left-wing government is looking to pass large-scale amnesty for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, with the move seen as a major prong in the left’s efforts to ramp up mass immigration in the coming years. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is currently preparing a text to relax the country’s immigration laws, which will result in the government granting a residence permit... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her attempt to create a multicultural society has “utterly failed,” leaving some wondering if she’s moving the party to the right in an attempt to keep conservatives from defecting to the AfD. This comes just days after the World Jewish Congress has bashed Angela Merkel for invading Germany with millions of immigrants, making the country violent and... 

Only 742—or 0.09 percent—of the more than 780,000 Syrians who officially claimed “asylum” in Germany since 2015 have taken up the German government’s offer of a subsidized return to their homeland now that the war there is formally over—and over 76 percent are still on welfare more than four years after invading Germany. According to official figures released by the Federal government... 

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set for a huge election win in a bombshell vote that could force Angela Merkel out early. The party stands a good chance of winning the most seats in the east of the country this autumn, which would be a serious blow to the German chancellor. Although the AfD’s poll ratings remain in the low teens for Germany as a whole, it’s expected to seize control of dozens... 

Even though the German CDU and SPD both agreed in their coalition agreement that there would be no upload filters this promise is now to be broken, but instead of admitting mistakes and owning the demonstrations they are now blaming the USA. The official CDU/CSU-account tweets: “When American corporations with massive use of disinformation and paid protesters attempt to block bills our democracy... 

A high-ranking MP from Angela Merkel’s ruling party said that a Muslim could become German chancellor by 2030, making headlines across the nation and triggering a furious backlash. Ralph Brinkhaus, who leads the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the German parliament, could have avoided making front-page news had he not been asked one particular question from evangelical news outlet Idea. They wanted... 

The populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is now Germany’s second largest party, displacing the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from that position for the first time since the founding of the modern German state. According to the ARD morning magazine’s latest Infratest dimap poll, the AfD has “pushed past the SPD for the first time” and the “governing coalition [between the conservative... 

German Interior Minister and head of Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) Horst Seehofer said Monday he had postponed his resignation, which he threatened over dissatisfaction with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migration policy. “I have said that I would resign from both jobs, that I would do it in the next three days. And that, nevertheless, we have made another step toward reaching... 

The first sellside comments on today’s German elections – which as a reminder was a disaster for the German establishment, following the worst showing for the CDU/CSU since 1949 and the worst result for the SPD since 1945 with support for both parties tumbling since the 2013 elections have started to trickle, in and according to SEB, the result is ‘less market-friendly’ than expected. Quoted... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was met with loud boos and calls to “get out” of Germany during her election campaign stops in east German towns of Torgau and Finsterwalde on Wednesday. It comes just a day after she was hit with a tomato at a rally. Merkel, who is touring Germany as part of her and her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party reelection bid, is having a rough start... 

The parliamentary chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Thomas Oppermann, has asserted that social media giants like Facebook should be required to remove fake news and illegal posts within 24 hours or face fines up to €500,000 ($522,000). “Facebook has not used the opportunity to effectively regulate the issue of complaint management itself,” Oppermann said in an interview... 

During a speech at the Christian Democrats party conference this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel lectured German citizens, telling them they need to “integrate” with multiculturalism even as a migrant crime wave continues to sweep the country. “Some people who have always been living here in Germany are in urgent need of a course in integration themselves,” said Merkel, adding that she was... 

The right-wing, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has placed second in state elections, ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in her home state, exit polls say. According to the latest estimates by the German ZDF channel, the AfD has received over 21 percent of the vote in the local elections in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Merkel’s Christian...