Germany’s Green party confirms chancellor candidate

The German Greens’ candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock on Thursday (6 May) said her country must be more active on foreign policy and “take more responsibility for its own security”, in a sign the party is shifting from its pacifist stance towards the centre.

Sunday marked the party congress of Germany’s embattled Social Democrats (SPD), with the party showing a united front and serving to affirm the position of Finance Minister Olaf Scholz as the SPD’s candidate for the chancellorship. Scholz was confirmed as…

The nomination of controversial former ex-intelligence chief Hans-Georg Maaßen to run in Germany’s general election in the eastern state of Thuringia has prompted controversy within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). Maaßen was approved in Suhl on Friday evening by…

NATO leaders will gather in Brussels for a summit on Monday (14 June) to re-orient the alliance after its identity crisis over the past years. The meeting is sandwiched between the G7 summit in Britain and an EU–US summit. The…