- Aug 20
German CDU mayor donates €10,000 to AfD and demands end to conservative firewall
Bernd Prange, a CDU mayor in Saxony-Anhalt, donated €10,000 to the AfD and endorsed the party ahead of the September 6 state election, prompting expulsion calls and national political blowback.
- Jun 21
Söder pushes for Bürgergeld cuts to constitutional minimum, demands national payment card law for asylum seekers
Bavarian premier Markus Söder calls for slashing Germany's citizen income to the 'absolute constitutional minimum' and demands a national law to enforce payment cards for asylum seekers amid coalition tensions.
- Jun 17
Coalition partners clash over Dobrindt's push to cut basic income rate as new welfare system nears launch
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has called the current Bürgergeld standard rate too high, setting off a dispute within the coalition as a new Grundsicherung system is set to launch on 1 July. Meanwhile, separate plans for housing benefit cuts could hit pensioners hardest.
