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 Germans are offering up their votes to foreigners online over Facebook. Those behind the project think that decisions made in Germany affect other Europeans so much they deserve a say on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130918/51981 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:47:00 +0200 51981 Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Monday set to promote her party manifesto for elections three months away, amid criticism from her coalition partners that the costly list of feel-good pledges contradict her commitment to budget discipline. https://www.thelocal.de/20130624/50487 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:08:00 +0200 50487 Soaring in the polls and heading Germany's strongest party, Angela Merkel seems without rival three months ahead of elections, but political analysts say that victory is by no means certain for the chancellor. https://www.thelocal.de/20130621/50431 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:33:00 +0200 50431 A referendum in Germany on transferring more sovereignty to the European level will not happen anytime soon it was announced on Monday, after being raised in an interview with the country's finance minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20120625/43373 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:04:00 +0200 43373 German politicians were outraged on Monday after election results for three states were relayed over micro-blogging site Twitter 1.5 hours before polls closed on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20090831/21601 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:14:00 +0200 21601