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Visitors sit at the opening of the "Nova Music Festival Exhibition" in the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, October 5, 2025. (Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)
March 4, 2026, 10:35 am
Millions in German funds to fight antisemitism went to unvetted groups, probe says
Parliamentary inquiry finds that one grant recipient’s director used antisemitic language, while others had party ties or no verifiable experience fighting Jew hatred
By Shira Li Bartov
Johannes Volkmann in the Reichstag building, the seat of the German Bundestag. (Tobias Koch)
November 28, 2025, 10:29 pm
Helmut Kohl’s politician grandson is ‘ashamed’ of Germany’s response to antisemitism
Johannes Volkmann, 28, up-and-coming lawmaker and scion of the longtime chancellor, urges tougher laws against Jew-hatred, warning fear has ‘become normalized’ for German Jews
By Joshua Schultheis
Friedrich Merz reacts after he was not elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
May 6, 2025, 3:19 pm
Friedrich Merz’s bid to be German chancellor fails in parliament in stunning defeat
Conservative CDU leader loses first-round vote by narrow margin as coalition wobbles; far-right AfD gains ground as Trump officials express support
By STEFANIE DAZIO and Kirsten Grieshaber
Incoming German Education Minister Karin Prien arrives for a federal committee meeting of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, on April 28, 2025 in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
April 29, 2025, 7:15 pm
New German government to include first-ever Jewish woman minister
Karin Prien, currently an education minister at the state level and spokesperson for her party’s Jewish Forum, is only second Jewish federal minister appointed since end of WWII
By ToI Staff
Christian Social Union leader Markus Soeder, left, Christian Democratic Union head Friedrich Merz, center and Social Democratic party co-leader Lars Klingbeil leave a press conference in Berlin on April 9, 2025. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
April 10, 2025, 4:18 pm
German parties agree on coalition, but divisions over Israel may pull them apart
While both the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats support the Jewish state, the future allies will need to find common ground on arms sales, UNRWA, an ICC warrant and more
By Naama Koreh
People place their ballots in a ballot box at a polling station in Essen, Germany, May 15, 2022. (Fabian Strauch/ dpa via AP)
May 15, 2022, 11:21 pm
Heavy defeat for Scholz’s SDP as conservatives win key German state election
Christian Democrats take over 37% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia; drubbing comes amid criticism of chancellor’s stance on war in Ukraine and tackling of pandemic fallout
By AP
From left, candidate Helge Braun, new elected party chairman Friedrich Merz and candidate Norbert Roettgen, attend a press conference of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 2021 to announce the results of a ballot on who will become its new leader. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
December 18, 2021, 12:56 am
Merkel’s former party, now in German opposition, elects conservative Merz as leader
Center-right Christian Democratic Union’s new chair previously served as opposition leader when he led the party in early 2000s
By Geir Moulson
Social Democratic Party chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz (second right) stands with the Green party leaders Annalena Baerbock (left) and Robert Habeck (second left) and the Free Democratic Party chairman Christian Lindner (right), as they arrive for a joint news conference in Berlin, Germany, on November 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
November 25, 2021, 7:26 pm
German coalition parties vow to defend Israel’s security, fight antisemitism
Christian Democratic Union, Social Democratic Party and Greens present new agreement on ministerial positions and major policies
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Defendant Stephan Ernst looks on in the courtroom at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Germany, January 28, 2021. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Pool Photo via AP)
January 28, 2021, 5:02 pm
German far-right extremist convicted of murdering pro-refugee politician
Stephan Ernst sentenced to life in prison for 2019 shooting of Walter Luebcke over his outspoken views on helping asylum seekers
By AP
The new elected Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party chairman Armin Laschet stands on the podium after the voting at a digital party convention in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 16, 2021, 6:26 pm
Merkel’s center-right party selects pragmatist German governor as new leader
Armin Laschet beats out more conservative rival in leadership vote; vows continuity, says party will only win September election ‘if we remain strong in the middle of society’
By Geir Moulson
Senior German politician Armin Laschet, center, the minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, attends the opening of his state's new cultural and business office in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2020. (Ralph Sondermann/ NRW)
March 1, 2020, 9:19 pm
Germany’s most populous state opens culture and trade office in Tel Aviv
Office inaugurated by North Rhine-Westphalia’s minister-president Armin Laschet, leading contender to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of country’s ruling party
By Raphael Ahren
Thuringia's State Premier of the left-wing 'Die Linke' party Bodo Ramelow reacts during the elections of Thuringia's prime minister on February 5, 2020, in the Thuringian state parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
February 23, 2020, 2:32 pm
German state lawmakers at center of far-right scandal agree on governor
After fiasco caused by election of Thuringia’s new leader with AfD support, Merkel’s party agrees to support reelection of previous state governor, Bodo Ramelow
By AP
Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany, May 1, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/DPA/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 21, 2020, 11:26 am
Switching gears, German authorities focus on alarmingly organized far right
Critics say government concentrated solely on Islamists for too long, as investigations reveal that extremist groups recruit members of security forces who are armed and trained
By Rebecca Spiess
AfD supports walks along a party elections poster in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
June 24, 2019, 4:37 am
Merkel’s party debates the unthinkable — power sharing with the far-right
As power shifts, some CDU politicians push for tie-ups with AfD on a regional level, while others look at ways to ban any attempt to cooperate with anti-migrant party
By Ryland James
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer waves on stage after she was elected as party's leader during the CDU congress on December 7, 2018 at a fair hall in Hamburg, northern Germany. (John MacDougall/AFP)
December 7, 2018, 7:07 pm
Merkel loyalist wins German party leadership battle
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will head the Christian Democratic Union, making it likely Merkel will be able to see out her fourth term until 2021
By Deborah Cole
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