Politics

Flagge zeigen für Europa: „Pulse of Europe“-Demo in Berlin

Helping to shape Europe’s future

The Conference on the Future of Europe wants ideas from European citizens – relating for example to the EU’s role in the world.

Die Journalistin und Aktivistin Düzen Tekkal

“Making dreams shareable”

Düzen Tekkal encourages young people in Germany to follow their own path – and fights internationally for human rights.

Bundestag

Younger, more diverse and more female

The Bundestag will have 736 members in future, almost 300 of them new. How the election has changed the composition of Germany’s parliament.

Generationendialog fördern: Religions for Peace-Konferenz.

Talking to the young

The motto of the Religions for Peace Conference in Lindau is intergenerational dialogue.

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht tagt.

Guardian of the Basic Law

The Federal Constitutional Court will soon be 70 years old. It guards the foundations of German democracy unreservedly.

Falk Schuster, Einheitsbotschafter von Sachsen-Anhalt

German unity up close and personal

So-called unification ambassadors present personal views on German reunification.

Angela Merkel (CDU)

Who will follow Merkel?

Germany will be electing a new Bundestag on September 26 – and thus the country’s next head of government. We present the most promising candidates.

Stefan Merz, Direktor Wahlen bei infratest dimap

Which way will Germany vote?

Find out here how people reach their voting decisions. An interview with pollster Stefan Merz.

Clara Föller, Vorsitzende der JEF in Deutschland

“Further developing the idea of the EU”

Clara Föller is JEF Germany president of the Young European Federalists. Why she takes an active stand and what she believes is lacking in the election campaign.

Bundestag

How was the election campaign?

Election candidates have been campaigning for themselves and their objectives for many weeks. Three of them sum things up here.

Angela Merkel im Bundestag

Especially memorable

Angela Merkel is standing down after 16 years as German chancellor. Here are a few of her best quotes.

Am 26. September 2021 haben rund 60,4 Millionen Deutsche die Wahl.

Already decided?

Three first-time voters say how they have informed themselves for the federal election, and whether they know who they will vote for

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