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Von der Leyen moots expanded child subsidy for poor families

German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen has proposed expanding a monthly child subsidy for low income parents, daily Passauer Neue Presse reported on Friday. READ (2 COMMENTS) »

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Socialist leader Lafontaine has cancer

Oskar Lafontaine, the fiery leader of Germany’s socialist party The Left, announced on Tuesday he needs surgery for cancer. The illness leaves his political future uncertain. READ (2 COMMENTS) »

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New SPD leaders flag fresh tax approach

The centre-left Social Democrats will rebuild their reputation as a Volkspartei – or “people’s party” – new chairman Sigmar Gabriel announced Sunday, wrapping up an SPD conference with a clear signal that a new generation is in charge. READ (3 COMMENTS) »

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Gabriel urges SPD to avoid lurch to the left

The centre-left Social Democrats’ new chairman Sigmar Gabriel has called on his party to resist the urge to swing to the left despite its recent historic election loss, and instead to recapture the political centre. READ »

Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (left) is calling for longer terms. Photo: DPA

Justice Minister calls for five year parliamentary terms

Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger has called for Germany’s parliamentary terms to be lengthened from four to five years, the daily Rheinischen Post reported Saturday. READ (1 COMMENT) »

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SPD looks to regroup as Müntefering bows out

The end of an era arrived for the centre-left Social Democrats on Friday when party chairman Franz Müntefering stepped down with a speech attempting to rally his beleaguered party at a conference in Dresden. READ »

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Westerwelle embroiled in row over displaced Germans in WWII

The delicate issue of ethnic Germans displaced after World War II sparked a political row on Friday, when a conservative Christian Democrat claimed Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was buying off Germany's eastern neighbours. READ (6 COMMENTS) »

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Merkel maps out German political priorities

German Chancellor Angela Merkel set the course of her new centre-right coalition on Tuesday, spelling out the economic and social challenges she aims to tackle over the next four years. READ (1 COMMENT) »

Clinton at the rainy Wall anniversary celebration on Monday night. Photo: DPA

Clinton hopes Berlin open to new US strategy in Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she hopes Berlin will stay engaged in Afghanistan and open to a new American strategy in the strife-torn country. READ (4 COMMENTS) »

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Clinton uses Wall fête to speak against extremism

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday night used the anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall as a rallying cry for a reinvigorated US-European push to free those oppressed by religious extremism. READ (4 COMMENTS) »

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