German government in full swing as parties stage competing business summitsย 

โ€œThis is already campaigning,โ€ analysts say as chancellor and ministers present uncoordinated plans for the economy

Germany to downsize bloated parliament after Constitutional Court ruling

Germanyโ€™s Constitutional Court approved on Tuesday (30 July) the governmentโ€™s plans to downsize the Bundestag by roughly 100 lawmakers but threw out some parts of the proposed reform to protect smaller political parties.