Tagged: Germany

Mojisola Salaudeen

Election in German Town Sparks Outrage

The election of a neo-Nazi politician as a municipal administrator in Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung, in Hesse, central Germany has sparked outrage. Stefan Jagsch of the National Democratic Party (NDP) was unanimously elected to the post by council members on the 5th of September. Jagsch announced his election in a Facebook post on Thursday, concluding the statement with […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Anti-establishment Party Surges in Two German States

The election of the Landtag (parliament) of two eastern German states, Saxony and Brandenburg was held on the 1st of September. Germany’s ruling parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) received the highest votes in Saxony and Brandenburg, respectively, while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to second place. Although Germany’s […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

German Election Officials Face Threat in Saxony

In Saxony, elections for the Minister-President are scheduled to hold on the 1st of September 2019 but, election officials are currently being threatened. These threats come after the exclusion of two-thirds of the candidates from the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) from the list of candidates eligible for the upcoming election. Founded in 2013, […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Greece’s Former Finance Minister to Run in 2019 European Parliament Elections

The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) has announced the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis as its candidate for the European Parliament election in Germany, scheduled to hold in May 2019. Varoufakis, who was at loggerheads with the German government during the peak of the Greek debt crisis, will head the Demokratie in Europa, […]
The Election Network

Trump critic, Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Germany’s new president

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a social democrat is Germany’s new president. He was elected by a vast majority of the parliamentary assembly, receiving 931 out of 1,253 votes. His predecessor Joachim Gauck did not seek a fresh term. Steinmeier served as vice chancellor and foreign minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel. Although the presidential election was won in […]