November 12, 2025 – Germany Headlines

Story gist: In Brandenburg, four BSW party members in the state parliament left the party, threatening the ruling coalition. Sahra Wagenknecht, the party leader, has now become involved.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provide no coverage, leaving a progressive perspective on potential impacts to workers or social policies absent. Center outlets like Spiegel frame the event as a ‘coalition crisis’ emphasizing government instability and urgency. Right-leaning WELT uses neutral language, focusing on the departures and Wagenknecht’s intervention without highlighting broader governmental peril.

Story gist: The Carnival season kicked off in German cities including Cologne on November 11. The main train station was temporarily closed due to crowds, and streets began emptying slowly afterward.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Spiegel frames the story with celebratory tone, emphasizing festive greetings like ‘Helau’ and ‘Alaaf’ and the joyful welcome of the ‘fifth season’ by revelers. Center outlet tagesschau.de provides a neutral, factual announcement of the Carnival session’s start without added flair. Right-leaning coverage is absent, indicating no prominent conservative perspective on this cultural event, possibly due to focus on other priorities.

Story gist: In the trial in Magdeburg, Germany, the defendant accused of driving a car into a Christmas market in December 2024 confessed to the act. He provided shocking details during the proceedings.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Spiegel frames the story with emphasis on the defendant’s excessive talking, suggesting verbosity or evasion in tone. Center outlet tagesschau.de remains neutral, directly reporting the confession and details without added interpretation. Right-leaning BILD highlights the defendant’s ‘confused messages,’ portraying him as erratic and using loaded terms like ‘attacker’ to underscore threat, while omitting broader context.

Story gist: In the US, after a Senate agreement on the government shutdown, Democrats face internal divisions over their direction. The dispute shifts focus from opposing President Trump to party infighting.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Spiegel frame the story critically of Democrats, emphasizing Trump’s reliance on their disunity with a sarcastic tone that highlights opposition weakness. Center outlets like tagesschau.de report neutrally, focusing on the factual internal directional debate post-Senate agreement without blame. Right-leaning perspectives are absent, omitting any emphasis on conservative gains or shutdown resolutions from a pro-Trump angle.

Story gist: In Güstrow, Germany, police have long suspected the father’s ex-girlfriend in the murder case of child Fabian. A walker recently submitted a charred glove as a possible new lead to authorities.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets are absent, leaving a progressive perspective on child protection or investigative scrutiny unrepresented. Center outlets like tagesschau.de emphasize the neutral ‘possible new lead’ with the glove discovery, focusing on factual updates without suspicion details. Right-leaning BILD highlights prolonged police suspicion of the father’s ex-girlfriend, using dramatic framing to underscore investigative focus on personal relationships.