Germany (SPD & Greens)

57+ min ago   (565+ words) Zack Polanski has suggested he could re-write Green Party rules amid an anti-Semitism row that has plunged his leadership into crisis. It follows a vote by party members at the Greens' conference in Brighton earlier this month to support a…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (433+ words) The Greens won't be Labor's "handmaidens", David Shoebridge has warned as he prepares for a fight with the government over its plan to hike taxes on trusts. Laws to impose a 30 per cent minimum tax on trusts, which Treasurer Jim…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (136+ words) BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Alexander Schweitzer, head of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, will become federal labour minister, succeeding Baerbel Bas, a spokesperson for the party told Reuters on Monday. Bas said earlier on Monday…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (400+ words) Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has come under sharp criticism in Berlin, including from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after he spent Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday at the Russian leader’s home in Moscow on October 7, the Kremlin said. Schröder, 82, was already in the…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago   (613+ words) Zack Polanski has signalled he could usher in changes to the Greens’ style of grassroots democracy and give more power to leaders to set the party’s direction after a vote to define Zionism as a form of racism. The move…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1030+ words) The Greens are embracing confrontation under David Shoebridge, but JOSH HOLLOWAY questions whether the party has drawn the right lessons from its 2025 election losses. Election losses often scar political parties, and scarred political parties tend to overcorrect. Within 18 months, the…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (476+ words) Zack Polanski has signalled he could usher in changes to the Greens’ style of grassroots democracy and give more power to leaders to set the party’s direction after a vote to define Zionism as a form of racism. The move…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (21+ words) SVP secures a seat on the Unnergoms local council – Margelisch likely to be the first chairperson Pomona - Das Wallis im Hosensack...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (82+ words) Former German Chancellor Schroeder wants to be expelled from the SPD for attending Putin's birthday party. This is reported by Spiegel magazine. However, there is currently no unity within the SPD about whether the expulsion procedure should begin. Over the…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (150+ words) RNZ RNZ / News / Politics / Election 2026 Election live: National opens its books, Greens take on AI, Labour target school uniforms Audio player for "Election campaign weekend brings fresh policy announcements" removed for printing Follow the latest with RNZ's live coverage above....