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The German Constitution protection office designates the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist organization. The AfD came second in the 2025 German federal election after winning 20.8% of the vote for a record 152 seats in the Bundestag.
2025-05-2

The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour.
2022-06-5

The Bundestag elects Olaf Scholz as the new Chancellor of Germany, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years in office.
2021-12-8

The Bundestag approves a new mandate to let Germany continue to station up to 1,300 Bundeswehr soldiers in Afghanistan until January 31, 2022.
2021-03-25

The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg announces a full ban on face coverings in schools, including burqas and niqabs worn by Muslims. Previously, the ban only applied to teachers in Baden-Württemberg. Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann says that full-face veiling "does not belong in a free society".
2020-07-21

Google wins a copyright case in the German Bundestag over whether they can put news stories on their website without having to pay.
2013-03-1

The Cabinet of Germany accepts a project on Leistungsschutzrecht; they feel it at its third attempt as now ready to send to the Bundestag for voting into law.
2012-08-30

In the Netherlands, the Council of Ministers vote in favor of a ban on the Burqa, an outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions.
2012-01-27

The German Bundestag passes a cross-party motion demanding Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
2010-07-2

Civil servants in Zimbabwe go on strike, demanding a wage increase.
2010-02-5