A Mayor in the German town of Bad Schlema prompted fury when he responded to a grandfather’s concern about young girls being sexually harassed by migrants by responding; “don’t provoke them”. The exchange occurred during a raucous municipal council meeting last week which ended with residents demanding the Mayor step down over his comments. With public opinion on the 1.1 million migrants... 

Stricter penalties for those who commit crimes while seeking refuge in Germany, as well as speeding up their deportation process, are being pushed by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party in the light of the New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party called for strengthening of the country’s laws for asylum-seekers during a party meeting in the German... 

Anti-refugee rhetoric has propelled the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to third place in the country, a fresh poll has revealed. According to a weekly survey by INSA, AfD would have received 10.5 percent of the vote if an election was held Wednesday. This means that the ultranationalist party has surged ahead of left-leaning parties the Greens and Die Linke (Left Party), which both... 

Earlier this month as illegal and largely Muslim migrants continued to surge into Europe from Syria, Iraq, Eritrea and Afghanistan, a German political scientist, Jürgen W. Falter, warned his country faces disaster. Falter said during an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung newspaper that statements by Chancellor Angela Merkel sound “like an invitation to the entire world that unlimited... 

A German politician has called for a new law to be put in place which would allow German citizens to give immigrants free lodging in their own homes, rather than the German government building new homes. Martin Patzelt, a lawmaker and member of the Christian Democratic Union, said moving immigrants (claiming to be refugees) into private homes, would mean immigrants cost the state less money, with... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses her mobile phone before a 2011 meeting at a European Union summit in Brussels. German politicians have agreed on measures to keep their internal communications safe in light of the recent reports about spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on top German officials. On Thursday, the interior ministry of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Social... 

“In recent times, negotiations have stalled somewhat and I am in favor of opening a new chapter in order to move forward,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Turkey for an official visit. Meanwhile, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the delay in talks ‘unforgivable.’ Previously Merkel`s conservative Christian Democratic Union spoke against full Turkish membership, favoring... 

A few days ago, Germany’s Ministry of Justice exposed the draft amendments to the legislation to legalize gay marriage in the country. In fact, sexual minorities enjoy complete freedom in the country. In 2001, their freedom became official: their relationship was called a “civil partnership”. Something like a civil marriage or live-in relationship. Nowadays, according to the proposed... 

The parliamentary faction leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), Volker Kauder A leading member of the German parliament’s conservative bloc and an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel says Islam is not part of the German society. “Islam is not part of our tradition and identity in Germany and so does not belong in Germany,” Volker Kauder, who heads Merkel’s conservative bloc at... 

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel and Stefan Mappus, top candidate of the CDU in the Baden-Wuerttemberg state election (not pictured), hold a news conference after a party meeting in Berlin on March 28. Germany’s antinuclear Green Party won control of a state government for the first time in local elections Sunday. In France, Le Pen’s right-wing... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union was fined 1.2 million euros ($1.6 million) for breaching party donation rules, adding to the CDU’s difficulties as it prepares to fight seven state elections. The fine was imposed by the lower house of parliament in Berlin, the Bundestag, for party funding violations in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the time of a regional... 

German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses young members of Christian Democratic Union party. Chancellor’s assertion that onus is on new arrivals to do more to integrate into German society stirs anti-immigration debate. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has courted growing anti-immigrant opinion in Germany by claiming the country’s attempts to create a multicultural society have “utterly... 

Christian Democratic Union party leader stirs controversy following racial remarks; says ‘we don’t need additional immigrants from ‘foreign cultures’. A German official on Saturday called to stop Muslim immigration into the country, stirring public controversy. Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CSU), which is a member of the coalition government in... 

European "ally" won't reduce its trade with Iran. Where do boundless enthusiasm for soccer and and turning Israel into a diplomatic punching bag cross paths? In Germany, where preoccupation with its team’s chance to win the World Cup in South Africa is coupled with last week’s precedent-setting parliamentary resolution condemning Israel. The conventional wisdom among Israeli diplomats,... 

How well is Europe coping with the integration of its foreign residents? A two-day EU conference in Berlin will discuss methods to monitor migratory trends within Europe. For decades the nations of the expanded European Union, now comprising 27 countries, have wrangled over the integration of the EU’s 30 million foreign residents. The question: how to deal with those who try to enter what human rights...