Tom Nuttall

The coalition treaty's commitment to follow the "Swedish model" of military service is confusing after its promise of "voluntary participation" - Sweden has a draft! https://t.co/JkqDhwgdrS

"Perhaps its most ambitious pledge is a literal moon shot: the government wants a German astronaut to join a lunar-landing mission." https://t.co/pa3Lz0FB0W

This is no way to live

Let's see what's in the document - but for the next government to reverse a naturalisation rule introduced less than a year ago does not look sensible in a country where a labour shortage is going to start biting hard next year.

For real, this time. Press conference at 15h CET

Tom Nuttall @tom_nuttall

White smoke in Berlin

With exquisite timing, just hours before Germany's new government unveils its coalition programme, the far-right AfD has overtaken the CDU/CSU to lead an opinion poll for the first time in history.

Wahlrecht.de @Wahlrecht_de

Sonntagsfrage Ipsos zur Bundestagswahl • AfD 25 % | CDU/CSU 24 % | SPD 15 % | GRÜNE 11 % | DIE LINKE 11 % | BSW 5 % | FDP 4 % | Sonstige 5 % ➤ Übersicht: https://t.co/Gzilw3J3L9 ➤ Verlauf Ipsos: https://t.co/jelulA5bur https://t.co/Lqy5xdgnAv

Or not - final talks ongoing it seems https://t.co/2YYi5g3lsf

Tom Nuttall @tom_nuttall

White smoke in Berlin

White smoke in Berlin

ntv Nachrichten @ntvde

Breaking News: Union und SPD einigen sich auf Koalitionsvertrag https://t.co/nHamkDQYKP

Germany's election was 44 days ago and we appear to be on the cusp of a coalition deal. That's pretty fast by the standards of recent years. Tho SPD base must still approve the coalition treaty; Merz's govt not expected to be sworn in until late April/early May.

RT @vonderburchard: German coalition talks have entered the final stretch and are now increasingly likely to wrap up tonight/early morning,…

I'm sure I saw this plot point in Industry

In the first quarter of the year France received more asylum applications than Germany. First time in years Germany has not been top of the EU table. In part thanks to decline in Syrian applications after Assad's fall. https://t.co/Ei2Hv4qREe

No translation needed for this. Might be a good time to wrap up those coalition talks? https://t.co/RHyAzDkKgP

Paging @_FriedrichMerz

Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart

Elon listening to @Brad_Setser https://t.co/bmQhuTkvny

At this rate, before long we will see the AfD top a national poll for the first time ever.

Deutschland Wählt @Wahlen_DE

BUNDESTAGSWAHL | Sonntagsfrage INSA/BILD am Sonntag Union: 24% (-2) AfD: 24% (+1) SPD: 16% GRÜNE: 11% (-1) LINKE: 11% (+1) BSW: 4% (-1) FDP: 4% (+1) Sonstige: 6% (+1) Änderungen zur letzten Umfrage vom 29. März 2025 Verlauf: https://t.co/f9MV7iZ8iJ #btw29 https://t.co/oDoK5qAk5r