https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/climate-action-top-priority-merz-4209 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T13:48:26.396Z Climate action must become a top priority. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-airport-drone-state-terrorism-4208 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T13:46:37.203Z German Green Party lawmaker Konstantin von Notz: "If a state directed the Leipzig/Halle drone attack, it would amount to state terrorism." https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/spain-ultimatum-italy-border-controls-4205 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T13:03:55.702Z Spain demands that Italy end additional checks on travelers arriving from Spain. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/lower-saxony-candidate-exclusion-afd-scandal-4204 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T13:02:38.650Z German outlet Tichys Einblick calls AfD lawmaker Martin Sichert’s exclusion from a local election a “scandal.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-candidate-disqualifications-orwell-1984-4203 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T13:01:37.653Z German columnist Harald Martenstein compares the exclusion of AfD candidates to Orwell’s “1984.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/kowalczuk-afd-voters-called-fascists-4199 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:34:22.405Z German historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk says: “Anyone who votes for fascists is a fascist.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/neubauer-mueller-fossil-fuels-democracy-debate-4198 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:27:58.058Z German CDU lawmaker Sepp Müller accuses Luisa Neubauer of endangering democracy with her climate agenda. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/pension-reform-afd-cdu-saxony-anhalt-4196 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:26:22.640Z AfD makes pension reform a campaign issue as Saxony-Anhalt’s CDU premier opposes parts of the plan. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-halle-drone-attack-possible-act-of-war-4195 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:24:51.851Z German lawmaker Sebastian Fiedler: If Russia is behind the Leipzig/Halle drone attack, it could be an act of war. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/long-term-care-reform-plans-criticism-4194 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:23:57.979Z Germany’s long-term care reform plans are facing criticism. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/european-allies-patriot-systems-ukraine-4193 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:23:00.589Z Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann calls on European allies to provide more Patriot systems for Ukraine. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-security-gray-zone-war-peace-4191 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:21:10.412Z FOCUS Online commentary: “We are not in a shooting war, but we are no longer at peace either.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-halle-drone-serious-attack-4189 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T12:20:21.607Z Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office calls the Leipzig/Halle drone incident a serious attack on the country’s infrastructure. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-crypto-tax-holding-period-abolition-4174 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T06:20:36.945Z Germany’s Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil wants to abolish the one-year tax-free holding period for crypto assets. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/young-greens-supporter-government-gamble-money-4171 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:58:52.702Z A young supporter of Germany’s Green Party accuses the federal government of “gambling away” his money. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/rwe-trump-deal-offshore-wind-exit-4170 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:58:10.881Z German energy giant RWE strikes deal with Trump administration, drops U.S. offshore wind plans. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/thyssenkrupp-tk-accelis-spinoff-ipo-4168 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:56:42.345Z Thyssenkrupp CEO Miguel López plans to spin off its materials trading unit, tk accelis. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/us-15-percent-tariffs-polysilicon-4167 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:56:11.481Z The U.S. is imposing a 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to protect domestic industry. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/trump-attacks-abdul-el-sayed-left-wing-4166 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:54:02.349Z Trump attacks Abdul El-Sayed as part of the “radical left.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-seven-point-lead-union-poll-4164 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:52:45.946Z Germany’s AfD is 7 percentage points ahead of the CDU/CSU alliance. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/foiled-assassination-plot-drone-ceo-4163 CoreNoda en 2026-08-07T05:48:46.023Z Authorities reportedly foiled a plot to assassinate the head of a German drone manufacturer. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/saxony-anhalt-stable-government-spd-4137 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T19:36:43.024Z SPD lead candidate Armin Willingmann says: “A stable government in Saxony-Anhalt is possible only with the SPD.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-halle-airport-attempted-drone-attack-investigation-4136 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T19:34:47.475Z Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a suspected drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/cdu-premiers-retirement-63-shift-4129 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T19:04:50.491Z CDU state premiers Kretschmer, Schulze, and Voigt contradict their earlier positions on pension policy. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/ukraine-harvest-risk-black-sea-attacks-4128 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T19:02:59.783Z Ukraine’s agriculture minister warns that, in the worst case, the next harvest could fail. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-airport-bomb-discovery-russian-speculation-4127 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T19:01:00.421Z Der Spiegel writes: “The interior minister is keeping an unusually low profile.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-drone-threat-delayed-response-4126 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T18:59:26.179Z Drone expert Robert Geise says Germany has been slow to address the drone threat. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/austria-pay-transparency-directive-delay-4125 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T18:57:50.177Z The Greens criticize the Austrian government for delaying the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-criticism-cdu-base-frustration-4124 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T18:55:41.173Z Frustration with Merz has reached the CDU’s rank and file. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/east-german-premiers-45-year-pension-4123 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T17:50:12.856Z East German state leaders take a page from Markus Söder’s playbook in the pension debate over 45 years of contributions. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/trump-attacks-senate-candidate-haitians-tps-end-4122 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T17:48:25.997Z Trump attacks Senate candidate; Haitians lose their protected status. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/german-industrial-orders-rise-large-contracts-4103 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:35:37.542Z German manufacturing orders rose by a stronger-than-expected 3.1% in June. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/klingbeil-crypto-tax-plans-reader-backlash-4102 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:34:00.887Z Focus readers criticize Klingbeil’s crypto tax plans as an attack on private retirement savings. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/greens-seek-security-council-meeting-leipzig-drone-4101 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:32:46.614Z Germany’s Green parliamentary group calls for a National Security Council meeting after the Leipzig/Halle drone incident. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/dl21-spd-paper-linke-merger-4100 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:31:43.904Z A Focus opinion writer interprets a DL21 policy paper as a proposal to merge the SPD with Die Linke. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/calls-first-female-federal-president-germany-4099 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:30:07.994Z A growing number of German politicians are calling for the country’s first female federal president. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-integration-act-mixed-effects-refugees-4098 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:25:07.864Z Deutsche Welle concludes that Germany’s Integration Act has produced both benefits and drawbacks. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/csg-investment-saxony-defense-production-4097 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:10:47.444Z The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes: “Defense company CSG is investing €100 million in Saxony.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-program-saxony-anhalt-financing-gap-4096 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:08:58.631Z The German magazine Stern writes: “The AfD government program is not financially feasible.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/abolish-reduced-vat-germany-4095 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:05:38.754Z Clemens Fuest, president of Germany’s ifo Institute, wants to abolish the reduced VAT rate. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/berlin-coalition-condition-housing-socialization-4094 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:03:48.620Z The national co-chair of Germany’s Left party makes expropriation plans a condition for joining Berlin’s governing coalition. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/pension-package-fall-pushback-4093 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T11:02:37.228Z Frei wants the pension package passed in the fall despite political pushback. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/frei-demands-rapid-pension-reform-draft-4091 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T10:59:20.382Z Thorsten Frei calls on Labor Minister Bärbel Bas to quickly present draft pension legislation. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/far-right-letzte-verteidigungswelle-convictions-4089 CoreNoda en 2026-08-06T10:58:17.425Z Members of the far-right group “Letzte Verteidigungswelle” were convicted. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/spd-support-ilse-aigner-federal-president-4047 CoreNoda en 2026-08-05T20:11:52.182Z The German newspaper Merkur writes: “The SPD wants to support Ilse Aigner.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/leipzig-airport-drone-article-4-4046 CoreNoda en 2026-08-05T20:10:14.403Z Kiesewetter calls for NATO consultations under Article 4 over the Leipzig drone incident. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-penalties-airlines-eu-anti-tankering-4045 CoreNoda en 2026-08-05T20:08:34.941Z Germany plans penalties for airlines that violate the EU’s anti-tankering rule.