Shifting Priorities: Germany's 2024 Election Campaign Downplays Climate Change
Germany's 2024 election campaign prioritizes immigration and economic growth over climate change, with the leading CDU/CSU party opposing renewable energy and supporting nuclear power, jeopardizing the country's climate goals despite extreme weather events and a court ruling against climate funding.
Shifting Priorities: Germany's 2024 Election Campaign Downplays Climate Change
Germany's 2024 election campaign prioritizes immigration and economic growth over climate change, with the leading CDU/CSU party opposing renewable energy and supporting nuclear power, jeopardizing the country's climate goals despite extreme weather events and a court ruling against climate funding.
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48% Bias Score
CDU Candidate Pauls Aims to Reclaim Wetterau Constituency
Thomas Pauls, a CDU candidate in the Wetterau, aims to win back the constituency focusing on economic relief for businesses, reduced bureaucracy, and improved public transportation. He faces challenges from the AfD's rise and damage to campaign posters.
CDU Candidate Pauls Aims to Reclaim Wetterau Constituency
Thomas Pauls, a CDU candidate in the Wetterau, aims to win back the constituency focusing on economic relief for businesses, reduced bureaucracy, and improved public transportation. He faces challenges from the AfD's rise and damage to campaign posters.
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44% Bias Score
Merz Favored to Win German Chancellorship
Veteran German politician Friedrich Merz, known for his hardline stance on migration and pro-market economic policies, is favored to become Germany's next chancellor in the February 23 election, promising to reboot the economy and crack down on immigration while facing criticism for a dalliance with...
Merz Favored to Win German Chancellorship
Veteran German politician Friedrich Merz, known for his hardline stance on migration and pro-market economic policies, is favored to become Germany's next chancellor in the February 23 election, promising to reboot the economy and crack down on immigration while facing criticism for a dalliance with...
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40% Bias Score
German Election Poll: CDU/CSU Leads, High Uncertainty Persists
Germany's upcoming election shows CDU/CSU leading at 32%, AfD at 21%, SPD and Greens tied at 14%, with 13% undecided, creating uncertainty about the next government's composition and stability.
German Election Poll: CDU/CSU Leads, High Uncertainty Persists
Germany's upcoming election shows CDU/CSU leading at 32%, AfD at 21%, SPD and Greens tied at 14%, with 13% undecided, creating uncertainty about the next government's composition and stability.
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48% Bias Score
Munich Attack Spurs Calls for Increased Security in Rhineland-Palatinate
In response to a suspected car attack in Munich injuring at least 28 people, the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate demands increased security measures, citing around 160 foreign high-risk offenders as a potential threat and calling for their deportation or detention before the upcoming street carnival.
Munich Attack Spurs Calls for Increased Security in Rhineland-Palatinate
In response to a suspected car attack in Munich injuring at least 28 people, the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate demands increased security measures, citing around 160 foreign high-risk offenders as a potential threat and calling for their deportation or detention before the upcoming street carnival.
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52% Bias Score
CDU and Green Party Clash Over Germany's Immigration Policy
In an interview with "Die Zeit", Jens Spahn of the CDU criticizes the Green party for ignoring negative consequences of immigration, while Franziska Brantner defends the party's actions to improve integration and reduce asylum applications by one-third in 2024, highlighting policy differences and th...
CDU and Green Party Clash Over Germany's Immigration Policy
In an interview with "Die Zeit", Jens Spahn of the CDU criticizes the Green party for ignoring negative consequences of immigration, while Franziska Brantner defends the party's actions to improve integration and reduce asylum applications by one-third in 2024, highlighting policy differences and th...
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56% Bias Score
German Election Debate Prioritizes Entertainment Over Substance
During a televised German election debate on RTL and NTV, staged displays of party support created a stadium-like atmosphere, detracting from serious policy discussions and raising concerns about the prioritization of entertainment over substance.
German Election Debate Prioritizes Entertainment Over Substance
During a televised German election debate on RTL and NTV, staged displays of party support created a stadium-like atmosphere, detracting from serious policy discussions and raising concerns about the prioritization of entertainment over substance.
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56% Bias Score
CDU Candidate Pauls Campaigns on Economic Revitalization in Wetterau
Thomas Pauls, a CDU candidate and banker from Friedberg, is campaigning to win back the Wetterau constituency in the upcoming Bundestag elections, focusing on economic revitalization, improved public transport, and private finance reform.
CDU Candidate Pauls Campaigns on Economic Revitalization in Wetterau
Thomas Pauls, a CDU candidate and banker from Friedberg, is campaigning to win back the Wetterau constituency in the upcoming Bundestag elections, focusing on economic revitalization, improved public transport, and private finance reform.
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44% Bias Score
German Election: Voters Seek Change Amidst Economic Uncertainty and Geopolitical Tensions
Amidst economic uncertainty, the war in Ukraine, and a rising AfD, German voters head to the polls next week to elect a new Bundestag, expressing concerns over living costs, geopolitical issues, and the need for change while highlighting the desire to maintain cherished aspects of German society, in...
German Election: Voters Seek Change Amidst Economic Uncertainty and Geopolitical Tensions
Amidst economic uncertainty, the war in Ukraine, and a rising AfD, German voters head to the polls next week to elect a new Bundestag, expressing concerns over living costs, geopolitical issues, and the need for change while highlighting the desire to maintain cherished aspects of German society, in...
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44% Bias Score
Munich Attack Spurs Calls for Stricter Security in Rhineland-Palatinate
Following a suspected car-attack in Munich injuring at least 28 people during a demonstration, Rhineland-Palatinate's CDU is demanding stronger security measures, citing approximately 160 foreign high-risk offenders within the state as a cause for concern ahead of the upcoming street carnival.
Munich Attack Spurs Calls for Stricter Security in Rhineland-Palatinate
Following a suspected car-attack in Munich injuring at least 28 people during a demonstration, Rhineland-Palatinate's CDU is demanding stronger security measures, citing approximately 160 foreign high-risk offenders within the state as a cause for concern ahead of the upcoming street carnival.
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52% Bias Score
AfD to Introduce Merz's Migration Plan in Saxony-Anhalt
The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt will introduce a migration plan identical to Friedrich Merz's, forcing the CDU to publicly declare its position on the plan passed in January with AfD and FDP votes, despite criticism from Chancellor Scholz and others.
AfD to Introduce Merz's Migration Plan in Saxony-Anhalt
The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt will introduce a migration plan identical to Friedrich Merz's, forcing the CDU to publicly declare its position on the plan passed in January with AfD and FDP votes, despite criticism from Chancellor Scholz and others.
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40% Bias Score
German Coalition Challenges: CDU/CSU Faces Difficult Path to Power
Germany's CDU/CSU faces difficulty forming a post-election coalition due to strained relations with the SPD and limited alternative options; recent Bundestag sessions show heightened partisan conflict between Chancellor Scholz and opposition leader Merz.
German Coalition Challenges: CDU/CSU Faces Difficult Path to Power
Germany's CDU/CSU faces difficulty forming a post-election coalition due to strained relations with the SPD and limited alternative options; recent Bundestag sessions show heightened partisan conflict between Chancellor Scholz and opposition leader Merz.
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48% Bias Score