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Deutsche Welle - Feature Story - German politics - Germany

Germany’s political outliers embarrassing their parties

  • 6th July 2021,
  • by
    Ben Knight
All major German political parties have a politician who knows how to play to the gallery with carefully honed outrageous statements —  to the..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Conservative at Heart

  • 3rd January 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
New CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has often been called an “Angela Merkel 2.0”. In fact, AKK..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Friedrich Merz: Germany’s Next Chancellor?

  • 30th November 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
At a key party conference in early December, Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party is poised to..
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Deutsche Welle - German business - German politics - Germany

Angela Merkel’s rival Friedrich Merz and the vast, shadowy power of BlackRock

  • 29th November 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The sheer scale of BlackRock’s finances makes its influence on the world unlike that of any..
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Arms Trade - As Seen In - Deutsche Welle - German business - German politics

Angela Merkel’s party accused of taking bribes from German gunmaker H&K

  • 23rd May 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
MPs from Angela Merkel’s CDU have been accused of taking bribes from the German gunmaker Heckler..
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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany

CDU forced to publish lobbyist list after legal battle

  • 1st December 2015,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union has been forced to publish a list of lobbyists it gave..
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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany

Bundestag MPs allowed to vote despite vested interests

  • 24th November 2015,
  • by
    Ben Knight
An MP who works for a law firm representing Volkswagen in the emissions scandal voted to..
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As Seen In - Deutsche Welle - Feature Story - German politics - Germany

A guide to Germany’s right

  • 14th December 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
There has been much talk of a rightward shift in European politics this year, though Germany’s..
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German politics - Germany - The Guardian

German Eurosceptics win state seats in Saxony

  • 1st September 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Alternative für Deutschland beats two mainstream rivals, as leader declares party has ‘arrived on political landscape.’
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CDU and European Elections, Gerhard Schröder and Conchita Wurst

  • 15th May 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Podcast News, June 4-6, 2014:  Quirky CDU European election ads, bad boy Gerhard Schröder and not..
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