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08/11/2025August 11, 2025
Bundestag turns to TikTok to engage youth
Germany’s lower house of parliament, the , is ramping up its social media presence by joining in an effort to reach younger audiences.
“If you ask young people where they get their news, it’s TikTok,” Bundestag President Julia Klöckner told the dpa news agency.
While acknowledging , she said it would be counterproductive not to use the platform to inform the public about parliamentary work.
TikTok is under scrutiny in Europe over how it stores and processes the data of European users, particularly regarding potential transfers to China.
Despite those concerns, the German Chancellor, politicians and several political parties have a presence on the platform.
The Bundestag already has a presence on several other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky.
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08/11/2025August 11, 2025
Minors made up over 11% of Germany’s deportations in 2024
Official data obtained by Germany’s socialist shows more than 11% of people from Germany in 2024 were children or teenagers.
The Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) media group reported the data shows authorities deported 20,084 people, including 2,316 aged between six and 18 years old.
In the first half of 2025, 1,345 children and teenagers were among 11,807 deportees, or 11.4%, the data given in response to a Parliamentary question by the Left Party shows.
“What sense does it make to deport children who are learning here, growing up here, are integrating here — the skilled workers of tomorrow, along with their families,” Left lawmaker Dietmar Bartsch asked.
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Skip next section Record overnight stays booked in Germany in first six months
08/11/2025August 11, 2025
Record overnight stays booked in Germany in first six months
Germany has recorded its highest-ever number of overnight stays in the first half of the year.
Official figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) show 223.3 million bookings at hotels and guesthouses, slightly surpassing last year’s record.
The increase comes despite a 12.7% drop in compared to the same period last year, when Germany hosted the UEFA European Football Championship.
German travelers accounted for more than 80% of all stays so far this year.
June saw a sharp rise in domestic bookings, totaling 50.5 million overnight stays, boosted by school holidays in several states.
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Welcome to our coverage
Guten Tag from , where, if anyone was still under any illusions, summer is making itself felt.
Temperatures are forecast to climb into the mid-30s Celsius this week.
Clearly, Germans are making the most of the summer holidays, with locals accounting for the vast majority of overnight stays at hotels and guesthouses in June.
More data is expected today from the Federal Statistical Office, offering fresh insights into German society.
We’ll be looking at that and other German news here in this blog.
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