Emily Schultheis

Germany's parliament voted today to loosen its debt brake and allow for more borrowing, long a controversial topic in German politics. In 2023, I wrote about the so-called black zero — and efforts to change it — for @thedialmag and @ForeignPolicy: https://t.co/gMYMWf97Wm

If you didn’t get a chance to read it earlier this week, check out our election postmortem:

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The inside story of how 31 days made Friedrich Merz chancellor — and changed Germany forever. https://t.co/5gunrp9TBm

The far-right AfD is set to become Germany's largest opposition party, with nearly a quarter of the seats in the German Bundestag. @NetteNostlinger and I looked at what it means in practice, and how it will help give them their biggest stage ever: https://t.co/MGoVViCwPK

.@joshposaner and I looked at what Germany's new governing coalition could mean for Ukraine: https://t.co/ABTCHDBQUd

RT @POLITICOEurope: CDU leader Friedrich Merz long believed his party needed to take a harder line on migration. But the attack in Aschaffe…

German election postmortem from me and @NetteNostlinger: The inside story of how 31 days made Merz chancellor — and changed Germany forever https://t.co/9zgnobTrBj

And that's a wrap — logging off from liveblogging duties for the night. Here's the full recap of election day and night in Germany. Danke und gute Nacht! https://t.co/iRgHKmxLi6 #Bundestagswahl2025

RT @POLITICOEurope: Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here’s how she did it. https://t.co/7WZqKZXP34

Alice Weidel took her far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to new heights in Sunday's election, nearly doubling the party's support. My profile of Weidel and how she has radicalized alongside her party over the last decade: https://t.co/MgKR9nGppx

RT @tagesschau: Laut der 18-Uhr-Prognose von infratest dimap zur Bundestagswahl liegt die Union mit 29 Prozent vorne, gefolgt von der AfD (…

RT @POLITICOEurope: This is possibly the most consequential German election since WWII, as the world watches on to see how far the country…

It's Election Day in Germany! Follow along with @politico's live blog: https://t.co/iRgHKmxLi6

AI-generated content is helping the far-right Alternative for Germany make both sides of its vision — the idyllic, nostalgia-driven future it promises to bring and the dystopian one it’s warning about should others win the election — look startlingly real. https://t.co/hYckVYF3UL

Germans are heading to the polls in the dead of winter for the first time in more than three decades. I wrote about the challenges of Winterwahlkampf — including politicians buying thermal underwear to keep warm on the campaign trail https://t.co/a8pqPgW9Pi

Five years ago today, a right-wing extremist killed 9 people of immigrant background in Hanau, including 23-year-old Ferhat Unvar. Last fall I spoke with his mother, Serpil Temiz Unvar, about her ongoing struggle against racism: https://t.co/UDFPtiX0Q6, https://t.co/qKabaROBQ4

RT @POLITICOEurope: Much of the debate ahead of the Feb. 23 German election has come down to migration. Nowhere is this issue as stark as…

Migration "is overshadowing the entire election campaign" ahead of Germany's Feb. 23 election, one candidate told me. I looked at how the issue is playing out in a parliamentary race in Schwerin, a city of 100k in northeastern Germany: https://t.co/A2Ti1s0awe