The CDU parliamentary group leader in the Hessian state parliament, Ines Claus, is being considered as a possible candidate for the federal presidency, which could lead to tensions between CDU leader Merz and CSU leader Söder, while doubts about Claus's suitability exist within the CDU. #Bundespräsidentenwahl #CDU #InesClaus (translated)
Baha cited several examples that he described as problematic currents. Sören Pellmann, the faction leader in the Bundestag, joined the Red Aid in September, which the Office for the Protection of the Constitution categorizes as the largest and one of the most important groups of German left-wing extremism. Ferat Koçak reportedly wrote to Firas Remmo, the son of a clan chief, in February and asked him to spread his speech on the clan debate. After Koçak was said to have been caught in a lie, he had to resign his seat on the Interior Committee. Baha stated that he did not further mention a campaign party with Ibrahim Ibrahim. He also wrote that Vanessa Emde denies the right of Israel to exist. The Left Party Neukölln celebrated a festival with a committee, which according to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is backed by supporters of Hamas and the PFLP. The party stated that it does not share the assessment of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The Left Youth NRW, which claims to be the largest state association of the youth party, is being monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. According to their assessment, its goal amounts to a dictatorship of the proletariat; it is co-financed by the party, Baha wrote. #Linksextremismus #Politik #Deutschland (translated)
NIUS asked how far a faction leader may go to influence the voting behavior of their representatives. https://t.co/fdsWtePlih https://t.co/CcApDvHPhg #Politik #Abstimmung #Fraktionschef (translated)
Former Chancellor Karl Nehammer dismisses the allegations by FPÖ parliamentary group leader Christian Hafenecker that he organized a business trip to Ukraine to escape testifying before the investigative committee as "surreal" and emphasizes the urgency of his trip in light of the current security situation. #Ukraine (translated)

The public prosecutor's office in Hanover searched the residence of the resigned SPD parliamentary group leader Stefan Politze while investigations are being conducted against him, and the seized evidence includes electronic devices and written documents. #SPD #Hannover #Ermittlungen (translated)

Guido Heuer, former parliamentary group leader of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt, openly opposes the AfD plan of his own faction and announces that he will remain in the plenary hall during the prime ministerial election in December, which could lead to an internal conflict and possibly a split within the already divided CDU. (translated)
Just look at that. By the way, the former CDU parliamentary group leader said this in an interview with Nius (if there are still any doubts about where the journey is headed). (translated)
The author accused the CDU of lying about the AfD in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg. He announced that he would now definitely vote for the AfD, expressed solidarity with the party, and called on others to follow the Baden-Württemberg parliamentary leader Martin Rothweiler. #AfD #BadenWürttemberg #CDU #DE #BW (translated)
Apollo News reported that the CDU wants to boycott the election of the Minister-President in Saxony-Anhalt. However, their former parliamentary group leader Guido Heuer will not participate: He told Nius that he wants to stay in the room and called for a change in the approach to the AfD. https://t.co/i2jLyMbdkI #CDU #SachsenAnhalt #Politik (translated)
Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that she was touched that many non-Jewish people were interested in and engaged in the fight against anti-Semitism. The attention generated by this would not have been possible without them, she stated. She had received numerous messages about an anti-Semitic comment that had been made under her Facebook post on behalf of Jörg Johann, the faction leader of the Left Party in Trier. When asked if she had only contacted the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate, she replied that she had also sent emails to the SPD, Greens, and FDP in the Trier city council the day before. However, so far, only the CDU had responded. Goldstein-Wolf thanked NIUS, the Welt, and Tichys Einblick for their reporting. Without media that stood by Jewish women and men, they would be at the mercy of public broadcasting and “lost,” she wrote. #Antisemitismus #GemeinsamGegenHass #Judenstehend (translated)
Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that she was touched by the interest and commitment of many non-Jewish people in the fight against anti-Semitism. Numerous people had contacted her regarding an anti-Semitic comment on her Facebook post, which had been written under the name of Jörg Johann, the leader of the Left Party faction in Trier. She stated that she had written to the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the SPD, the Greens, and the FDP in the Trier city council. So far, only the CDU had responded. She thanked NIUS, the Welt, and Tichys Einblick for their reporting. Without media that supported Jews, they would be at the mercy of public broadcasting and lost, she wrote. #Antisemitismus #Solidarität #GemeinsamGegenHass (translated)
NIUS described the incident as an anti-Semitism scandal and wrote that a faction leader of the Left Party had urged a Jewish journalist to emigrate. https://t.co/A36wLw06ZR #Antisemitismus #Politik #Linke (translated)
We would be powdered with the bag of clips, now simply proceeding with the motto 'Eyes closed and through'. SPD parliamentary group leader Miersch did not want to commit to a time for a draft law and called for a training period for the new Labor Minister. #Rentenreform #SchwarzRot #Altersrente (translated)
In the black-red coalition, there are still differing opinions on the details and timeline of the planned pension reform, while all faction leaders fundamentally support the reform. #Rentenreform #SchwarzRot #Altersrente (translated)

SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch began to sweat on Sunday evening during Caren Miosga's talk show as he tried to explain his party's contradictory positions on the expropriation debate in Berlin while also announcing a legislative initiative for investor protection. #Enteignung #Wohnungsmarkt #SPD (translated)
SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch has openly expressed support for possible higher pension contributions, while the coalition is debating pension reform and the financing of the pension without deductions after 45 contribution years. #Rentenreform #SPD #SozialeGerechtigkeit (translated)
So begins the most successful video from Left Party faction leader Heidi Reichinneck on Instagram (around two million views) with the words "Mr. Merz - if I hear from you one more time!" #SozialeMedien #Bundestag #Politik (translated)
"We have to establish that we have constituted ourselves with a member of parliament who does not cooperate with the party." According to the assessment of the party leadership and the parliamentary group board, "a common working basis is not given," said Tobias Schulze, the group leader of the Left Party in the House of Representatives, on Friday in Berlin. #JohannesWinkel #JungeUnion #Familienpolitik (translated)
AfD co-frac leader Ulrich Siegmund does not see it as a problem. #Doppelrolle #Interessenskonflikt #AfD (translated)
The leader of the Green Party faction, Katharina Dröge, described in an interview with "Zeit" Green-Red-Red as a "narrative of new beginnings." #SPD #Linke #Koalitionsoptionen (translated)