German Democracy Is in Peril
Banning an entire party would be a novelty. It would turn Germany into an authoritarian “controlled democracy.” Dieter Stein is a German journalist and publisher. He is the editor-in-chief of ...
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The New York Times · 23hA Tricky Challenge for Germany’s New Government: a Far-Right Opposition
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) · 2dAs Germany selects a new conservative chancellor, a look at the challenges he inherits
In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a second round to secure a majority.
Germany and the growth of democracy - GCSE History quiz
The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE History students studying the end of World War One in Weimar Germany, 1918-1924. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've got you!
Ash Center · 7dHow Do Legislators Think Democracy Should Work? Evidence from the United States and Germany
What kind of democracy do legislators want? This question was at the center of a recent discussion with Melody Crowder-Meyer, associate professor of political science at Davidson College, as part of the American Politics Speaker Series.
Germany’s intelligence agency is steering the country into a political dead end
Political disagreements should not be left to the courts. And yet, Germany’s doctrine of a «militant democracy» allows precisely that. To be sure, the AfD’s own inflammatory rhetoric and far ...
Germany lists far-right AfD party as danger to democracy
(Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP) (CN) — Alternative for Germany, a far-right anti-immigrant party that now tops opinion polls only two months after it scored historic gains in national elections, was classified as a threat to democracy on Friday by the ...
Will Merz spring Germany into action?
Germany is good at doing things slowly ... now he’s all about preserving liberal democracy from authoritarians. The remarkable turnaround was the result of U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s infamous speech at the Munich Security Conference — the ...
Germany's AfD: A Threat to Democracy
officially classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an 'extreme right organization' and a 'danger to democracy'. This decision represents a crucial step in recent German political history ...
Hindustan Times · 11dGermany’s New Coalition Plans a Crackdown on Free Speech
German free-speech advocates hoped Mr. Vance’s words might prompt their leaders to reconsider their course—if not out of principle, then at least as a gesture to improve relations with the new U.S. administration. To those familiar with Berlin, the official response was predictable: defiance, not reflection.
Rubio and German Foreign Ministry spar on X over comments accusing Germany of ‘tyranny in disguise’
“Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition,” Rubio wrote on his official State Department X account. “That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise.”
Germany designates AfD as right-wing extremist organisation, citing threat to democracy
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection ... as a right-wing extremist organisation that poses a threat to democracy and the constitutional order. The office, also known as BvF, cited the ...
Resilient democracy: protection programs and exile networks in Germany
Without the experience of exile - not least in the United States of America - the continued existence of this “other Germany” and the rebuilding of democracy after 1945 would be inconceivable. Places like the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles still bear ...
Germany's next leader Merz vows defence of Ukraine and democracy
Germany's incoming conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged ... on the side of this attacked country and thus on the side of all people in Europe who are committed to democracy and the rule of law, who are committed to freedom and an open society."
Macron urges defence of democracy on state visit to Germany
[AFP] Emmanuel Macron began Sunday the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter-century, bringing a plea to defend democracy against nationalism at the coming European ...