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Gregor Gysi
Gregor Gysi is a trained attorney and veteran politician of Germany's socialist Left Party.
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Germany is poised for a historic budgetary landmark: no new debt in 2015. But that’s not a good thing, opposition leaders say, pointing to a questionable business forecast and the need for investment now, not later.
CDU searches for partner
The center-right Christian Democrats have won the election in Saxony, but will need a partner to form a government. They have ruled out a coalition with the euroskeptic Alternative for Germany.
Controversial demand
Kurdish fighters are asking Germany for weapons in their fight against the "Islamic State."
Germany traces SMS users
German police and intelligence agencies are increasingly using "silent" SMS messages to localize cell phones, unbeknownst to their users. Details have emerged in a government answer to a parliamentary question.
Armed drones for Germany?
Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has called for Germany's military to be equipped with armed drones. She said that parliament should decide when to deploy the unmanned war machines.
Merkel charges forth
In a parliamentary speech, the German chancellor has stressed the country’s landmark financial stability and role as an anchor of the eurozone. However, a prominent opposition member says Germany must do better.
Small opposition, loud voice
Germany's opposition parties, outnumbered by Angela Merkel's grand coalition government, have gone on the offensive.
Ostpolitik
Germany's tradition of Ostpolitik seems to make it an ideal mediator in the Crimean crisis.
Merkel's challenge in Crimea
German chancellor Angela Merkel is expected by many nations to take a lead role in dealing with the Crimea crisis. It is shaping up to be the biggest foreign policy challenge of her career.
Journal Interview - With Gregor Gysi, Left Party Parliamentary Leader
German Government Crisis: What Damage Has Been Done? In the Interview: Left Party Parliamentary Leader Gregor Gysi.
The Left Party Goes New Ways
The Left Party is the largest opposition party in the Bundestag. Parliamentary party leader Gregor Gysi wants to make the party more attractive. European elections, in which all the socialist parties want to present themselves as an alternative, are not far off. The party has reformed itself and is stretching out feelers towards the SPD.
EU 'losing its resonance'
Left party politician Sahra Wagenknecht tells DW the EU must stop cozying up to corporations.
Panel defends US spying
A review panel set up by US President Barack Obama has defended the NSA's surveillance practices. Many German politicians are calling for action if talks on a possible "no-spy" pact between Germany and the US break down.
Gregor Gysi - Opposition leader elect
Gregor Gysi of the Left party will be one of the most important members of the new parliament. He’s head of the biggest opposition party, and one of the most talented political orators of his generation. There is one issue that continues to compromise him, however: allegations that he once cooperated with the Stasi, East Germany's dreaded secret police.
Not quite business as usual
Germany’s parliament has taken the unprecedented move of setting up an interim special committee. The committee is to to handle the Bundestag's day-to-day affairs until the coalition partners approve this week's deal.
SPD flexing its muscles
Germany’s Social Democrats are seeking to sharpen their profile at a party conference. Chairman Sigmar Gabriel wants to convince delgates he's not selling out in coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany wants answers over US 'spying'
Outrage is growing after media reports that the NSA has been spying on German institutions from a base at the US embassy.
First day at parliament
The newly elected lower house of parliament came together for the first time with new faces.
Critical rank-and-file
Social Democrat party members oppose coalition talks with Merkel's Christian Democrats.
Bundestag constituent assembly in Berlin
The constituent assembly of Germany's Bundestag has taken place in Berlin. The 18th post war German parliament has a record number of women members.
The loyal, little, opposition
Under a grand coalition, the opposition would be so weak that it's looking for constitutional help.
'Alpha male' Gregor Gysi
Gregor Gysi of the Left Party may soon become the leader of the opposition in parliament.
Left picks Gysi for Bundestag
Getting to know the Bundestag
Spying on lawmaker 'illegal'
Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled that the monitoring of a leftist politician by domestic intelligence agents was wrong. Judges said lawmakers could be snooped on, but only under the strictest circumstances.
Left out in the cold?
Germany's Left party made a strong showing at the polls in national elections, set to emerge as third strongest party in the Bundestag. But it is unlikely to be more than an opposition party.
The Small Parties - Greens, Free Democrats and the Left Party
They are the small parties, but their showings will decide the make-up of the next government: The Free Democrats, the Left Party and the Greens. They can afford to be picky in their campaigns. They've already decided which of the big parties they would join in a coalition. Their arguments are mainly with the other small parties.
Old German-Syrian chemical deal
Germany approved deliveries of more than 100 tons of chemicals to Syria between 2002 and 2006 that can be used to make sarin gas, or for nonviolent civil purposes. Left- and right-leaning coalitions both did so.
Left Party makes coalition pitch
Germany's socialist Left Party has urged the center-left Social Democrats and Greens to consider a three-way alliance to beat Chancellor Angela Merkel in this month's elections. The numbers work, but could the alliance?
Afghanistan's legacy
The mission in Afghanistan is set to shape German security policy, whichever party you look at.
Heated three-way debate
German political junkies have been treated to a TV debate for a second night running. After Chancellor Merkel and her SPD challenger faced off, candidates from three smaller parties gave viewers to a heated exchange.
The top candidates from all sides
German parties' top candidates show their official and their private side.
The Left Party on the campaign trail
Germany's The Left party is a major political force in the east of the country. But it will have to work hard ahead of this year's election if it wants to be more than just a regional power.
Series: "Dream Destination: The Bundestag" - Susanna Karawanskij (The Left Party)
In this series, we've been talking to politicians who are campaigning for parliament in the upcoming election. What are their motivations? Why did they choose to go into politics? What are their goals? What do they hope to achieve for their party?
Leading leftist Bisky dies
German politician Lothar Bisky has passed away. He had two spells as leader of the successor party to the East German communists and helped form the Left party.
Interview: Sahra Wagenknecht
The Left Party candidate tells DW why she believes there's no chance of forming a left-wing government in Berlin. She also says Germany's strength in export is masking growing poverty in the country.
Germany's Left Party present unified front
Germany's Left Party is finalizing its campaign platform. It's been dogged by bitter in-fighting in the past. Now party leaders are hoping a unified front on social justice issues will win favor with voters.
Keep euro, says Left
Left party candidates for Germany's election in September have endorsed the euro currency. New co-leader Katja Kipping and veteran Gregor Gysi distanced themselves from the euroskeptic ex-leader Oskar Lafontaine.
Germany's Left Party present unified front
Germany's Left Party is finalizing its campaign platform. It's been dogged by bitter in-fighting in the past. Now party leaders are hoping a unified front on social justice issues will win favor with voters.
Left party charm offensive
The Left party's new manifesto hopes to boost the party's chances after years of inner-party rows.
Neo-Nazis disappear
Conducting a manhunt for underground neo-Nazis is unfeasible, the police say.
Merkel's challenge in Crimea
German chancellor Angela Merkel is expected by many nations to take a lead role in dealing with the Crimea crisis. It is shaping up to be the biggest foreign policy challenge of her career.
Gysi and the Stasi
New documents put the focus back on Left Party politician Gregor Gysi's dealings with the Stasi.
Merkel keeps her cool
The elections in Lower Saxony could be a crucial test for Germany's national elections.
Knight in Shining Armor? - The Left pins its hopes on Gregor Gysi
He is controversial, but he is still the leading force in the Left Party. Gregor Gysi. The lawyer and eloquent politician will most likely be his party's top candidate in this fall's Bundestag election.
Holiday politics
As Germany looks to federal elections in the fall, the conservative CDU party picks up the pace.
Left challenges EU fiscal pact
A leftist opposition party in Germany hopes to stop two key eurozone crisis measures by a court injunction. The party claims that the European Stability Mechanism and the fiscal pact violate German sovereignty.
A Bitter Power Struggle -- The Left Party and Their Party Conference
At its party congress last weekend Germany's Left Party elected two new leaders.
Out in left field
The Left party's new tandem leadership has few prospects for success, says DW's Marcel Fürstenau.
Left party selects leaders
Germany’s Left party has chosen two candidates for its dual leadership. In the first of two votes, delegates opted for 34-year-old Katja Kipping, while Bernd Riexinger won the second spot.
Left party conference
At the last national poll in 2009, the Left party had double-digit results - but no longer.
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