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CDU leader Merz wants fewer than 100,000 refugees per year

How many refugees are too many? If CDU leader Friedrich Merz has his way, the question is quite easy to answer. The CDU chairman Friedrich Merz wants to reduce the number of refugees coming to Germany to less than 100,000 annually. “Over 300,000 a year, as in 2023, is definitely too much. I think what […]

Government shackles security agencies

Avoiding terrorist attacks: CDU domestic politician Christoph de Vries accuses the traffic light coalition of hindering the security authorities: “This cannot work well in the long term.” In view of the growing Islamist terrorist threat, CDU domestic politician Christoph de Vries has accused the government of doing too little to prevent attacks. “We see that […]

Pisa shock: Stark-Watzinger is pushing for a change to the Basic Law

According to the Basic Law, school education is a matter for the states – the federal government’s hands are largely tied. The responsible minister would like to change that. In response to the poor results of German students in the most recent Pisa study, Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has discussed changing the Basic Law. […]

Oskar Lafontaine denies guilt for himself and Wagenknecht

Oskar Lafontaine accuses the left of being incapable of winning elections. He and his wife Sahra Wagenknecht are not to blame for the current situation on the left – Dietmar Bartsch sees it differently. Oskar Lafontaine sees no responsibility for himself or his wife Sahra Wagenknecht for the split in the Left Party. When asked […]

More money for the Bundeswehr and police

Internal and external security is not considered a core issue for the Greens. However, several of the party’s top politicians are now calling for more money for the Bundeswehr, police and secret services. What they demand. In view of increasing violent conflicts in the world and the threat of terrorism in Germany, leading Green Party […]

Göring-Eckardt calls for order in asylum policy

Since the AfD benefits from disorderly migration, order must be created. This is what Green Party politician Göring-Eckardt is now calling for. The Green politician and Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt has called for more order in migration policy. Since the AfD benefits from disorderly migration, it is “vehemently in favor of us creating order,” […]

Ukraine I Ex-US General Ben Hodges reprimands Germany and USA

Ukraine’s counteroffensive is getting off to a slow start. Former US Army Europe Commander-in-Chief Ben Hodges is holding the West accountable. Former Commander-in-Chief of the US Army in Europe, Ben Hodges, does not see Ukraine’s counter-offensive as a failure. However, progress was clearly slower than desired, Hodges said in an interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine […]

Economics Minister Robert Habeck warns of “empty promises”

Discussion about heating law Habeck does not like a change request Updated on 06/17/2023 – 14:38Reading time: 2 min. Robert Habeck: Opinions differ about his planned heating transition. (What: t-online) Which technologies should replace oil and gas for heating? Economics Minister Habeck finds a proposal unhelpful. Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) has warned […]