Martin Hagen
German politician, member of the Bavarian Landtag of the FDP
Photo: Stefanie Hannes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Oct 16
Berlin's Left, Greens and SPD plan to socialize large housing firms, sparking federal backlash
Linke, Greens and SPD in Berlin agreed on 17 October to socialize housing companies with at least 10,000 apartments, while federal Union and SPD politicians warn of risks to intelligence cooperation.
- Oct 14
ZDF defends Böhmermann's truck sketch on Simson moped after AfD complaints
The ZDF has defended a satire segment in which Jan Böhmermann is run over by a truck on a Simson moped. Critics read the scene as a jab at AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund, who campaigned on a blue Simson Schwalbe.
- May 30
FDP wählt Wolfgang Kubicki zum neuen Vorsitzenden – 74-Jähriger setzt sich in Kampfabstimmung gegen Strack-Zimmermann durch
Wolfgang Kubicki has been elected as the new federal chairman of Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP), defeating Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in a surprise contested vote at the party's federal congress in Berlin.
