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Berlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groups

Local government proposal to revive 1980s M-Bahn described as energy-hogging and vain fantasy project

The Guardian - UK

Serbian elections took place under ‘unjust conditions,’ international observers say – as it happened

Day after Aleksandar Vučić’s populist ruling party declared victory, concerns raised over vote-buying and ballot box stuffing

The Guardian - UK

CDU seeks to win back German voters with its own Rwanda asylum plan

Official says party favours sending refugees to third countries such as Rwanda for application processing

The Guardian - UK

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Germany has narrowly swerved budget disaster – but its debt taboo still threatens Europe

The ‘debt brake’ is enshrined in Germany’s constitution. A month-long crisis shows it’s time to abandon this political myth, says Shahin Vallée of the German Council for Foreign Relations

The Guardian - UK

German heat pump rollout at risk as government suspends climate subsidies

Move could also undermine nine funding programmes, covering schemes from energy efficient homes to cargo bikes provision

The Guardian - UK

In Germany, the anti-immigrant left is on the rise. Will it hold back the far right – or help it?

Well-known MP Sahra Wagenknecht has announced plans for a new party that could shift the fragile balance of German politics, says Berlin-based writer Peter Kuras

The Guardian - UK

Two German state elections expected to bring wins for conservative national opposition

Two German states are holding elections at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government

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Criticisms of Obamas (Including Racist Ones), Plus Other Speech, Didn't Qualify as Race-Based Workplace Harassment

So holds an Eleventh Circuit panel; Judge Andrew Brasher's concurring opinion that notes the potential First Amendment problems with imposing liability for such speech.

Reason

From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Conversation

German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. It’s beginning to crack

Germany is far more resilient to populism than its European neighbours, says John Kampfner, author of In Search of Berlin

The Guardian - UK

Germany eases naturalisation process with new draft of Citizenship Law amid criticism from Opposition

Germany's Cabinet passes draft to change citizenship law, allowing non-EU citizens to have dual citizenship & reducing naturalisation period from 8 to 5 yrs. Criticism from CDU and CSU, but experts say it's a step in the right direction & will help attract skilled workers.

The Hindu

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

European conservative parties are out of ideas, but absorbing the far right isn’t the answer

From Germany’s CDU to France’s Républicains, politicians are looking to fringe ideologies for revitalisation, says journalist Oliver Haynes

The Guardian - UK

German far-right says the EU is a 'failed project' as it prepares for European Parliament elections

The far-right Alternative for Germany has declared the European Union a “failed project” in its current form as it adopts its program for next June’s European Parliament election at its party convention in the eastern city of Magdeburg

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German opposition leader faces unease over comments on cooperation with far right

Germany’s opposition leader is insisting that there will be no “cooperation” at the local level between his party and the far-right Alternative for Germany after his suggestion that they might somehow work together drew unease within his own conservative bloc

The Guardian - UK

German centre-right leader retreats from remarks about working with AfD

Friedrich Merz suggested his CDU was willing to cooperate with far-right party at local level, but rows back after outraged reaction

The Conversation

Germany’s far-right AfD makes key political gains as Olaf Scholz's governing coalition wobbles

Opinion polls and local election results currently make unhappy reading for Germany’s government. In fact, the consistently strong performance of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Europe’s largest member state (and arguably the member state with the best reasons to ward off a far-right challenge) is worrying for everyone.

Al Jazeera

What far-right AfD’s district election win means for Germany

Alternative for Germany’s victory leads to outpouring of despair and recrimination from other parties and civil groups.

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Far-right AfD wins local election in ‘watershed moment’ for German politics

Central Council of Jews says it is devastated by populist party’s first victory in eastern town of Sonneberg

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Lucas flagged by disinformation unit over Covid criticism

Exclusive: Green MP calls for inquiry after being named by government units after she criticised ministers

The Independent UK

Government ‘had secret unit to monitor online Covid lockdown critics’

The Counter-Disinformation Unit (CDU) was set up by ministers in 2019

The Guardian - UK

Bürger*innen? Backlash as Berlin mayor refuses to use gender-neutral language

Kai Wegner of the Christian Democrats tells Bild am Sonntag he wants to speak the German that he learned in school

Pedestrian.tv

The International Student Who Was Critically Injured During A Darwin Home Invasion Has Passed Away

"Our whole community is shaken by this tragic loss. May his soul find eternal peace in the presence of Allah."

Reuters

Berlin gets first conservative mayor in more than two decades

Berlin appointed its first conservative mayor in more than two decades on Thursday after the Christian Democrats (CDU) beat Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) in a repeat election in February, dislodging its centre-left coalition.

The Independent UK

Berlin's first conservative mayor in 22 years takes office

Berlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years has taken office following a state election in which he capitalized on discontent in the German capital

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