Germany's Snap Election: 630-Seat Bundestag and Shortened Timeline
Germany's snap election, scheduled for February 23rd, 2024, implements a 2023 electoral reform that fixes the Bundestag at 630 seats, eliminating overhang and compensatory mandates; this follows Chancellor Scholz's failed confidence vote, leading to a significantly shortened election timeline.
Germany's Snap Election: 630-Seat Bundestag and Shortened Timeline
Germany's snap election, scheduled for February 23rd, 2024, implements a 2023 electoral reform that fixes the Bundestag at 630 seats, eliminating overhang and compensatory mandates; this follows Chancellor Scholz's failed confidence vote, leading to a significantly shortened election timeline.
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12% Bias Score
Germany's Snap Election: Merz Poised to Win, Coalition Talks Loom
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote, triggering snap elections on February 23rd, 2024; the CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is projected to win with 32% support, needing a coalition partner; key issues include the struggling economy, automotive industry challenges, and the rise...
Germany's Snap Election: Merz Poised to Win, Coalition Talks Loom
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote, triggering snap elections on February 23rd, 2024; the CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is projected to win with 32% support, needing a coalition partner; key issues include the struggling economy, automotive industry challenges, and the rise...
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56% Bias Score
German Election: Clashing Economic and Climate Policies
Germany's upcoming election features stark policy contrasts: the Union favors fiscal conservatism and tax cuts, while the SPD champions large-scale investments and higher taxes on the wealthy; climate policies also sharply diverge.
German Election: Clashing Economic and Climate Policies
Germany's upcoming election features stark policy contrasts: the Union favors fiscal conservatism and tax cuts, while the SPD champions large-scale investments and higher taxes on the wealthy; climate policies also sharply diverge.
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44% Bias Score
Germany Passes Last-Minute Tax Cut Amidst Coalition Instability
Germany's fragile coalition government passed a last-minute tax cut and increased child benefits before potential early elections, facing challenges from the CDU/CSU opposition and navigating potential constitutional changes regarding the debt brake and social welfare.
Germany Passes Last-Minute Tax Cut Amidst Coalition Instability
Germany's fragile coalition government passed a last-minute tax cut and increased child benefits before potential early elections, facing challenges from the CDU/CSU opposition and navigating potential constitutional changes regarding the debt brake and social welfare.
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40% Bias Score
German Union Proposes De Facto Immigration Moratorium
Germany's Union bloc proposes a de facto moratorium on illegal immigration if it wins the February election, rejecting asylum seekers arriving from other EU or Schengen states at the border; this plan, detailed in an eight-point proposal, aims to prioritize skilled immigration while addressing integ...
German Union Proposes De Facto Immigration Moratorium
Germany's Union bloc proposes a de facto moratorium on illegal immigration if it wins the February election, rejecting asylum seekers arriving from other EU or Schengen states at the border; this plan, detailed in an eight-point proposal, aims to prioritize skilled immigration while addressing integ...
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52% Bias Score
German Chancellor Candidates Pledge Fair, Respectful Election Campaign
On ProSieben's "Joko und Klaas," Chancellor Scholz (SPD), Union's Merz, and Green's Habeck pledged a fair, respectful election campaign, emphasizing post-election cooperation and adherence to democratic rules despite political differences.
German Chancellor Candidates Pledge Fair, Respectful Election Campaign
On ProSieben's "Joko und Klaas," Chancellor Scholz (SPD), Union's Merz, and Green's Habeck pledged a fair, respectful election campaign, emphasizing post-election cooperation and adherence to democratic rules despite political differences.
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16% Bias Score
Scholz Loses Vote of No Confidence, Germany Heads to Snap Elections in February
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of no confidence on Monday, triggering snap elections on February 23rd after his three-party coalition collapsed in November due to disagreements on economic policy. Scholz received only 207 of 733 votes in the Bundestag, far short of the needed majority.
Scholz Loses Vote of No Confidence, Germany Heads to Snap Elections in February
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of no confidence on Monday, triggering snap elections on February 23rd after his three-party coalition collapsed in November due to disagreements on economic policy. Scholz received only 207 of 733 votes in the Bundestag, far short of the needed majority.
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44% Bias Score
Scholz Survives No-Confidence Vote; German Elections Set for February 23rd"
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz survived a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag on December 11th, 2024, receiving 394 votes against his removal, 207 in favor and 116 abstentions; he needed 366 votes to survive the motion. The vote follows the collapse of the traffic light coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) a...
Scholz Survives No-Confidence Vote; German Elections Set for February 23rd"
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz survived a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag on December 11th, 2024, receiving 394 votes against his removal, 207 in favor and 116 abstentions; he needed 366 votes to survive the motion. The vote follows the collapse of the traffic light coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) a...
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36% Bias Score
SPD Proposes Expanded Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Protection in Election Program
The SPD's proposed election program expands German parental leave benefits to 18 months, increases the payout to 80 percent of net income for a flexible six-month period (if shared equally), adjusts minimum and maximum benefit amounts, extends post-parental leave job protection to three months, and ...
SPD Proposes Expanded Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Protection in Election Program
The SPD's proposed election program expands German parental leave benefits to 18 months, increases the payout to 80 percent of net income for a flexible six-month period (if shared equally), adjusts minimum and maximum benefit amounts, extends post-parental leave job protection to three months, and ...
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44% Bias Score
Schneider Leads Thuringia SPD's Bundestag Campaign, Targeting Left Party
Carsten Schneider won the top spot on Thuringia's SPD list for the Bundestag election with 86.4% of the vote, highlighting the party's strategy to counter the Left party's potential return to parliament by challenging Bodo Ramelow in his constituency.
Schneider Leads Thuringia SPD's Bundestag Campaign, Targeting Left Party
Carsten Schneider won the top spot on Thuringia's SPD list for the Bundestag election with 86.4% of the vote, highlighting the party's strategy to counter the Left party's potential return to parliament by challenging Bodo Ramelow in his constituency.
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60% Bias Score
AfD's Krah to Challenge CDU in German Bundestag Election
Maxmilian Krah, an AfD member of the European Parliament facing multiple controversies, including alleged ties to Russia and China and statements downplaying the Nazi SS, will run for the Bundestag in the Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II constituency, challenging the seat of CDU politician Mar...
AfD's Krah to Challenge CDU in German Bundestag Election
Maxmilian Krah, an AfD member of the European Parliament facing multiple controversies, including alleged ties to Russia and China and statements downplaying the Nazi SS, will run for the Bundestag in the Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II constituency, challenging the seat of CDU politician Mar...
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40% Bias Score
Union Unveils Election Program: Tax Cuts, Stricter Laws, and Economic Stimulus
Germany's Union parties unveiled their election program, proposing tax cuts for businesses and individuals, stricter criminal laws, including expanded surveillance, and measures to support homeownership, while adhering to the debt brake.
Union Unveils Election Program: Tax Cuts, Stricter Laws, and Economic Stimulus
Germany's Union parties unveiled their election program, proposing tax cuts for businesses and individuals, stricter criminal laws, including expanded surveillance, and measures to support homeownership, while adhering to the debt brake.
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60% Bias Score