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Report from Berlin: German former intelligence chief arrested for suspicion of espionage

Germany is shaken by a new espionage scandal following the arrest of August Hanning, former director of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), accused of alleged high treason, espionage and disclosure of State secrets to a foreign power. Según la Fiscalía Alemán, Hanning habría obtenido información classificado a través de un anterior collaborador y la habría utilizado en labos de consulta privada relacionadas con servicios de inteligencia extranjeros. From Berlin, our correspondent Valentina Godoy tells us more.

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My North Korean neighbours

The Democratic People & apos; s Republic of Korea remains open, though virtually without activity, its gigantic Berlin embassy

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Regional in Germany: Merz admits CDU defeat, AfD celebrates and Die Linke advances

The regional elections in Germany left the CDU of Friedrich Merz in crisis, after a historical setback that the Chancellor described as "disastrous" by not reaching the 5% threshold in some states. In contrast, the ultra-right of AfD celebrated unpublished victories: its leader Alice Weidel said the party is ready to become a decisive force in the country. Meanwhile, Die Linke was consolidated in Berlin, where his candidate Elif Eralp celebrated the triumph with a message of social change.

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Elif Eralp, the candidate who could become the first left-wing mayor in Berlin

Elif Eralp, the candidate of the left-wing Die Linke party in Berlin, promises more social justice and the expropriation of the big owners to lower the price of the houses. Born in Munich and the daughter of Turkish trade union parents who took refuge after the 1980 military coup d'état, Eralp could become the first mayor of the Turkish capital, a candidacy that arises in response to the rise of the extreme right. An important community of that community lives in Berlin.

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Report from Berlin: Merz dismisses renouncing after the CDU's electoral defeat

From the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that he will not give up his post after the defeat of his party in the elections for the Berlin City Hall, in which the left party was won, and after the AfD consolidated his electoral ascent in Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania. Merz stated that the result "responds to his person" and that these are more profound changes that the country demands. Report from our correspondent, Valentina Godoy.

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How can Merz be interpreted as refusing to resign after the defeat of CDU in the regional elections?

The German Government and the various political forces analyse the results of the regional elections held on 20 September: those of the Berlin Parliament and those of the Federal State of Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania. Both votes increase the pressure on the political future of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and show that not everything is lost to the left in the country. To discuss the subject, we discussed with Ralf Leiteritz, a polytechnist at the University of Potsdam (Germany), in El Invitado del Día de France 24.

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"The chancellor's sunset has begun": the pressure is growing on Merz after his electoral debacle in Germany

The German ultra-right, embodied in the AfD, consolidates its electoral ascent following the victory of Sunday in the Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania region to the detriment of the official Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which also lost ground in Berlin in front of the Left Party. This chain of defeats has in the hands of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who, however, advocated to maintain his conservative coalition in the name of the country's "democratic future."

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The ultra-right continues to advance in Germany and Merz's survival is now hanging by a thread

The German regional elections in Mecklemburgo- West Pomerania and Berlin marked the defeat of the same party: the conservative CDU, of Friedrich Merz. After the other setback suffered by the overwhelming victory of the ultra-right in Saxony-Anhalt, already described as a failure of the Chancellor's policies, can Friedrich Merz survive these two new setbacks? This is what analysts say.

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Report from Berlin: Merz qualifies the results of regional elections as "undone"

Friedrich Merz described the results of the regional elections in Germany as' disastrous'. The CDU suffered a historical setback in the face of AfD's advance after the elections in Mecklemburgo-West Pomerania and Berlin. The results call into question the political future of the Chancellor and reconfigure the German picture. From Berlin, our correspondent Valentina Godoy tells us more.

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Merz admits a "disaster" in two regional elections, but promises to continue with its reforms

The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described Sunday as "disaster" the strong setback of his party, the CDU, in two regional elections, but he committed himself to continue with his reform plan. The extreme right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) was first in the north-eastern state of Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania, according to the polls at the urn foot, and also gained ground in another election held in Berlin.