There are just 51 days to go until Germans head to the polls, and the race to succeed Angela Merkel is as open as ever. 🗳️ DW’s Chief Political Editor Michaela Kuefner brings you the latest. Follow the DW Politics team for an election update, every Friday. #BTW21

Watch this great report by Giulia Saudelli breaking down the trajectory of Germany’s Greens. And find out what 👟 have to do with it…

The longtime chancellor has tried to stay out of the battle to replace her. But with her party struggling and the election days away, she's putting her star power to work to boost her would-be heir's fortunes. dw.com/en/german-elec…

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JUST IN: Exit poll in Germany's 2021 federal election #btw21

Tight race in Germany’s 2021 election #btw21, according to exit poll. 🔹 Neck-and-neck between center-left SPD & conservative CDU/CSU 🔹 Greens projected in third ahead of FDP and AfD 🔹 Left Party at 5% hurdle Big caveat – these numbers do NOT include mail-in ballots.

As George W Bush told reporters asking whether he had bonded with Blair after their first meeting: “Well, we both use Colgate toothpaste.”

Germany‘s new government line-up is shaping up. Social Democrat likely-soon-Chancellor Olaf Scholz announces entry into proper coalition talks with Greens + liberal FDP party. Framework agreement reads like manual to post Merkel Germany 2.0 More digital + climate friendly - fast

‘Little did I know at the time, but this was the text that would turn me into the translator I never wanted to be.’ Mariam Rahmani on translating Mahsa Mohebali’s In Case of Emergency, which is out soon from Feminist Press. granta.com/the-translator…

This simple graphic, from the Faz Besharatian morning newsletter, sums up the magnitude of the SPD's shift inside government. With the exception of labour, where Hubertus Heil looks set to remain in office, every ministry the SPD will take over is currently in CDU/CSU hands.

First pic of 🇩🇪‘s very likely next chancellor ⁦Olaf Scholz with his⁩ ⁦SPD Parteivorstand 🇪🇺⁩ ministers-four of them women. Scholz had promised a cabinet with gender parity. Altogether, it’ll be 1 male chancellor, 8 male and 8 female ministers.

University of New Haven radio wnhu.org (click Listen Live) will be replaying Tearing Down Walls segment @7 PM ET tonight by Sylvia Cunningham, originally aired in #Berlin last Sat, w amazing mix of voices & opinions + music by #Kharkiv-born Yuriy Gurzhy & thoughts from yours truly

Sat down for another convo w the brilliant #Berlin-based Sylvia Cunningham in conjunction w University of New Haven 88.7 WNHU to talk about my recent trip to Ukraine. Among many great questions raised by Sylvia, we discussed how the events of the past 5 months... /5 tearing-down-walls.podigee.io/#latest-episod…

In dieser Podcastfolge mit Sylvia Cunningham tauschen sich Dr. Olatunde aus Philadelphia und ich über unsere Erfahrungen als abortion provider in D und USA aus. Viele Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch Unterschiede. Ab Min 5:40 tearing-down-walls.podigee.io/#latest-episod…