https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/german-economy-q2-2026-growth-3435 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:56:11.139Z The German economy grew by just 0.2% in the second quarter. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germans-doubt-stable-health-insurance-contributions-3434 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:55:42.763Z Germans doubt that health insurance contributions will remain stable. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-energy-laws-solar-households-wind-expansion-3433 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:54:59.411Z The new energy laws could have far-reaching consequences for households with solar installations and for wind energy expansion. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/bmw-profit-slump-china-competition-3430 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:49:39.769Z BMW reports a profit slump of more than a third. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/union-special-meeting-internal-frustration-merz-3432 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:49:28.726Z Internal details from Merz’s special meeting with the Union parliamentary group show considerable frustration with the chancellor. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/saxony-anhalt-poll-afd-leads-cdu-3431 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:48:57.794Z The CDU drops by two percentage points ahead of the election in Saxony-Anhalt, while the AfD leads by 17 points. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-startups-investment-gap-capital-3429 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:48:32.513Z Startups in Germany are growing but are not reaching the required level of investment. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-polls-afd-leads-governing-parties-3426 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:15:31.177Z Governing parties are punished in polls as the AfD dominates. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/ai-asylum-procedures-german-cabinet-3425 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:15:08.964Z Germany’s federal cabinet has approved a draft law on the use of AI in asylum procedures. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/bilger-union-mood-transport-ministry-plans-3423 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:14:51.602Z Bilger discusses the Union’s mood and his transport plans. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/eastern-cdu-state-premiers-pensions-care-3422 CoreNoda en 2026-07-30T09:14:12.366Z Eastern CDU state premiers seek special consideration on pensions and long-term care. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/clean-industrial-deal-eu-competitiveness-3387 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:25:07.386Z The Clean Industrial Deal could help strengthen the EU’s competitiveness. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/luneburg-district-election-afd-exclusion-3386 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:24:35.564Z Lower Saxony’s AfD deputy leader was barred from running for district administrator in Lüneburg. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-candidates-constitutional-enemy-criteria-3385 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:23:31.288Z The article addresses the question of when an AfD candidate can be considered hostile to the constitutional order. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/rheinmetall-q2-2026-revenue-profit-growth-3382 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:09:01.747Z Rheinmetall increased its revenue and profit. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/thorsten-frei-cdu-csu-parliamentary-group-chair-3381 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:08:32.355Z Thorsten Frei was elected the new chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group with just under 92 percent. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/government-windfall-profits-tax-oil-companies-3380 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:03:57.661Z The government is open in principle to examining a windfall tax on oil companies. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/bmw-job-cuts-germany-auto-industry-3379 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:02:54.499Z BMW is planning job cuts. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/cdu-parliamentary-group-stability-merz-pressure-3378 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T20:01:04.298Z The parliamentary group is holding firm, only the chancellor is on shaky ground. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/csd-attack-citizenship-debate-remigration-3360 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T13:43:20.679Z After the CSD attack, politicians from the AfD and the CDU/CSU revived calls concerning citizenship and “remigration.” https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/ministers-before-oath-constitutional-violation-3355 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T13:05:52.471Z An expert alleges a constitutional breach over ministers taking office before being sworn in. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/eu-ban-cards-only-signs-3352 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T12:26:45.789Z EU plans to ban 'Cards only' signs. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/dnr-criticism-eeg-amendment-renewables-3351 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T12:26:22.195Z The DNR and other environmental groups accuse the German government of slowing the country’s transition to renewable energy. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afghanistan-deportation-flight-protests-germany-3350 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T12:25:27.247Z A deportation flight to Afghanistan prompted protests; for the first time, one passenger had not been convicted of a criminal offense. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/spd-miersch-expects-coalition-calm-3343 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T11:36:02.899Z Miersch (SPD) expects calm to return to the coalition. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-candidate-lindenberg-local-council-head-3340 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:46:34.616Z AfD candidate Inka Länger was elected local district head in Lindenberg, a municipal district of Ahrensfelde. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/international-criminal-court-crisis-eu-support-3337 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:35:31.212Z Without the International Criminal Court, the world would lose a source of hope. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/german-ministers-appointment-oath-legal-dispute-3336 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:34:33.959Z New federal ministers take office upon appointment, the delayed swearing-in is legally disputed. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/fdp-suspects-cover-up-nrw-prison-corruption-3335 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:34:09.554Z The FDP suspects a cover-up in connection with corruption investigations at a correctional facility in North Rhine-Westphalia. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-eu-budget-cuts-400-billion-proposal-3334 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:33:52.777Z Merz calls for cutting the EU budget by several hundred billion euros. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-pressure-cdu-csu-parliamentary-leader-vote-3333 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:33:19.755Z Merz faces a nervous wait ahead of today’s vote for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/review-state-police-laws-preventive-detention-3332 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:32:38.216Z Miersch calls for a review of state police laws. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/cdu-saxony-anhalt-merz-cabinet-reshuffle-3330 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:31:52.723Z CDU politicians in Saxony-Anhalt criticize Chancellor Merz’s cabinet reshuffle. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-cdu-west-german-leadership-focus-3329 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T10:31:16.798Z Focus analysis: Merz leads the CDU in a “purely West German” way, with allies from Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/greens-criticize-dobrindt-criminal-law-plans-3327 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T09:23:02.703Z The Greens criticize Dobrindt’s plans for tougher criminal law after the CSD attack in Berlin. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/eu-electric-car-sales-record-2026-3326 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T09:22:53.168Z The number of electric cars in the EU hits a new all-time high. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/theo-waigel-spd-crisis-comment-3323 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T09:21:48.200Z Theo Waigel calls the SPD’s crisis a huge problem. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/delayed-swearing-in-federal-ministers-3322 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T09:21:32.723Z Constitutional law scholars criticize the delayed swearing-in of new ministers. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/greens-criminal-complaint-martin-sellner-3321 CoreNoda en 2026-07-29T09:21:26.207Z The Greens have filed a criminal complaint against Martin Sellner. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/germany-afghanistan-deportation-non-convicted-3290 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:51:50.491Z Germany has, for the first time since the Taliban’s return to power, deported an Afghan without a criminal offense. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/strip-citizenship-dual-nationals-islamists-3289 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:51:33.536Z Sven Schulze announces plans to strip German citizenship from Islamist individuals deemed security threats. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/markus-soeder-drops-chancellor-bid-3288 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:51:00.423Z Markus Söder no longer wants to become chancellor. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/hallervorden-afd-culture-censorship-warning-3287 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:50:52.228Z Hallervorden warns that an AfD (Alternative for Germany) government would censor culture. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/afd-candidate-ahrensfelde-local-council-head-3285 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:50:20.364Z AfD candidate Inka Länger was elected Ortsvorsteherin (head of the local district) in Ahrensfelde. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/government-rejects-fired-state-secretary-criticism-3286 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:50:06.406Z The federal government rejects the criticism of a dismissed state secretary. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-threatens-eu-budget-veto-3283 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:31:22.294Z Merz threatens a German veto of the European Commission's budget plan. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/oil-companies-windfall-profits-germany-3280 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:30:32.146Z Oil companies have made billion-euro profits. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/forsa-poll-afd-leads-union-3279 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:30:08.968Z The AfD pulls further ahead of the Union in the national polling trend, while the SPD falls behind the Left. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-cabinet-reshuffle-poll-rejection-3278 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T21:29:36.758Z Merz's cabinet reshuffle fails to win over most respondents. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-leadership-chancellery-reader-criticism-3259 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T13:31:06.061Z Readers ask what's going on in the Chancellery. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/kretschmer-criticizes-schenderlein-removal-3258 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T13:29:05.281Z Saxony's Minister-President Michael Kretschmer criticizes the removal of Schenderlein. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-cdu-overhaul-internal-resistance-3257 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T13:28:52.772Z Merz is reshaping the CDU and thereby triggering an uprising in his own party. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-cdu-internal-revolt-criticism-3254 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T12:45:22.807Z Merz is driving the CDU to revolt. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/merz-martin-ireland-meeting-eu-presidency-3253 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T12:41:41.373Z Chancellor Merz meets Prime Minister Martin in Ireland. https://www.corenoda.com/en/artikel/spd-queer-anti-discrimination-basic-law-3252 CoreNoda en 2026-07-28T12:38:28.609Z The SPD is pushing for a ban on discrimination against queer people in the Basic Law.