Polls indicate German federal election will return Merkel-style coalition
Christian Democratic Union likely to finish first and ask centre-left Social Democratic Party to form centrist alliance, ...
Weekly Commentary: Disrupted
Bubbles are mechanisms of wealth redistribution and destruction - with detrimental consequences for social and geopolitical ...
Germany’s rightward shift reflects Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt realignment — and Democratic failures with the working class
It’s hard not to see the political parallels between Cottbus, a city of 100,000 about 75 miles south of Berlin, and Rust Belt swaths of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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FTSE 100 Live: Index turns negative; Centrica surges; B&M sinks on profit warning
B&M European Value Retail SA dropped 5.1% to head the mid-cap fallers in the meantime, after warning on profit and announcing ...
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Hundreds of thousands demonstrate across Germany against promotion of the fascist AfD
Demonstration against the return of fascism, Berlin February 2, 2025 On Wednesday evening, Thursday and Friday, thousands of people marched in front ... AfD. View post on TikTok “Merz didn ...
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Stock Index Futures Slip as Trump’s Tariffs Fuel Growth Concerns, U.S. Economic Data and Home Depot Earnings on Tap
March S&P 500 E-Mini futures ( ESH25) are down -0.21%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures ( NQH25) are down -0.39% this morning, while Treasury yields also slipped amid worries that U.S. President ...
The Latest: Exit polls say Merz leads in Germany's election, AfD makes strong gains
German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls ...
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Friedrich Merz: conservative on verge of German chancellery
opining that "if Merz were a bullfighter, he would probably hold the red cloth in front of his stomach". Merz, who is Roman Catholic, was born on November 11, 1955, and lives among the rolling ...