The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Platzeck calls for reconciliation with former Eastern communists Brandenburg’s Minister President Matthias Platzeck has called for reconciliation with the former communists who ruled East Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20091031/22947 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:09:00 +0100 22947 Duisburg candidate for mayor: boycott Israel Hermann Dierkes, a leftist candidate for mayor in the Ruhr Valley city Duisburg, on Wednesday defended his call for a boycott of Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians despite widespread criticism he was stoking anti-Jewish sentiments in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20090225/17663 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:23:00 +0100 17663 Hesse SPD candidate calls for forced loans from the rich Behind in the polls ahead of next month’s state election, the Social Democratic candidate to become premier of Hesse, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, on Monday called for Germany’s rich to loan the government money to help combat the economic downturn. https://www.thelocal.de/20081222/16283 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:36:00 +0100 16283 Hesse dissolves parliament for early election after SPD rebellion The German state of Hesse dissolved its parliament on Wednesday to make way for new elections after a spectacular rebellion among embattled Social Democrats kept them from forming a ruling coalition. https://www.thelocal.de/20081119/15631 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:19:00 +0100 15631 Hesse girds for new state elections Politicians in Hesse on Tuesday were bracing themselves for fresh elections, one day after rebel Social Democratic MPs torpedoed their party's formation of a centre-left minority government in the German state. https://www.thelocal.de/20081104/15315 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:33:00 +0100 15315 SPD rebels block Hesse left-wing coalition Rebel Social Democrats derailed the formation of a left-wing minority government in the German state of Hesse on Monday amid ongoing opposition to cooperating with the hard-line socialist Left party. https://www.thelocal.de/20081103/15293 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:16:00 +0100 15293 Socialist presidential candidate says Germany isn’t a democracy Peter Sodann, former TV cop and presidential candidate for the hard-line socialist Left party, has come under fire for his comments labelling Germany undemocratic. https://www.thelocal.de/20081017/14957 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:58:00 +0200 14957 Steinmeier calls on SPD to end debate on ‘Agenda 2010’ The Social Democratic candidate for chancellor next year, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has called on his party to end its divisive debate on the controversial reform package known as Agenda 2010. https://www.thelocal.de/20080919/14393 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:43:00 +0200 14393 Leftists outraged by Schmidt’s comparison of Lafontaine to Hitler Members of Germany’s hard-line socialist Left party on Monday attacked former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt for comparing their populist leader Oskar Lafontaine with Adolf Hitler and French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. https://www.thelocal.de/20080915/14307 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:00 +0200 14307 Far-left overtakes SPD in west German state The hard-line socialist Left Party has overtaken the centre-left Social Democrats for the first time ever in a western German state, according to a new opinion poll released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080903/14089 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:41:00 +0200 14089 Social Democrats demand leftward lurch Leading members of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats are demanding the party tack to the left on economic issues in light of the continuing success of the hard-line socialist Left Party. https://www.thelocal.de/20080902/14053 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:03:00 +0200 14053 SPD in Hesse pushes ahead with leftist alliance Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the state of Hesse is in talks to form its first ever alliance in the west of the country with the hard-line socialist Left party that is fast becoming a force in national politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20080814/13689 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:53:00 +0200 13689 The Left party might enter Bavarian parliament Die Linke, the left-wing party surrounding Oskar Lafontaine, could make it into the Bavarian state government in the September elections, according to a new poll. https://www.thelocal.de/20080719/13159 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:02:00 +0200 13159 Rights envoy calls for debate on East German legacy The German government’s human rights envoy Günter Nooke on Thursday called for a new public debate on East Germany’s troubled legacy following renewed accusations a high-ranking MP worked for the Stasi. https://www.thelocal.de/20080529/12163 Thu, 29 May 2008 11:02:00 +0200 12163 The Left's Gysi grilled for alleged Stasi links Gregor Gysi, a top leader of Germany's hard-line socialist party The Left, came under fire on Wednesday from parliamentary deputies accusing him of having informed for East Germany's feared Stasi secret police. https://www.thelocal.de/20080528/12157 Wed, 28 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 12157