{"id":1789329,"date":"2026-02-24T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1789329"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:53:59","slug":"germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1789329","title":{"rendered":"Germany news: Bundestag honors its late ex-president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_6.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"s1sfzv1a sk6xmai\">\n<div class=\"content-area sa7l9jt s9mg977\">\n<section data-tracking-name=\"sharing-icons-inline\" class=\"c75t7t0 hh5424a in-line closed\">\n<div class=\"copy-button-wrapper closed\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/59IsW<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"s4bcs45\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_800.webp 50w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_801.webp 129w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_802.webp 352w, https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_803.webp 575w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 575px)\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" \/><figcaption class=\"c1oedowi lofg86o m4xla6a s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">A state ceremony is being held at the Reichstag in honor of Rita S\u00fcssmuth<small class=\"copyright c19ed66t ihwmx5 idu7i8u lxmvniw icns9en rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Image: Britta Pedersen\/dpa\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-live-blog-rich-text-overview\" id=\"live-blog-rich-text-overview\" class=\"c1800ln sq3xutt atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president\/live-76099204#post-live-blog-rich-text-overview\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section What you need to know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c2fyhwl ctymiyf content-block i1if36d6 i1ytahzz\">\n<h2 class=\"cp7bjxx h1du6kc5 lt5vbch pohyj9x s16w0xvi m1u0isv1 b1fzgn0z\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0A ceremony is to be held at the German parliament\u00a0in honor of its late ex-president, Rita S\u00fcssmuth, who died on February 1 at the age of 88<\/li>\n<li>The gender pay gap in Germany has shrunk over the past decade but is still above\u00a0the EU average, a study has shown<\/li>\n<li><span data-teams=\"true\">Younger people in Germany have reported much higher stress levels than older workers in a YouGov survey<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A tour in western Germany by far-right AfD\u00a0politician Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke is being met with major protests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Here is a roundup of headlines, background and analysis from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> on Tuesday, February 24, 2026:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"s1ogwy7c ev9ivjh\">\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76100125\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president\/live-76099204#post-liveblog-post-76100125\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Gender pay gap in Germany shrinking but still very much there, study shows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">02\/24\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">February 24, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Gender pay gap in Germany shrinking but still very much there, study shows<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/is-the-gender-pay-gap-here-to-stay\/a-56823066\">gender pay gap in Germany<\/a> amounted to 15.6 percentage points in 2025, a reduction of almost seven percentage points in comparison with a decade earlier, a study has shown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study from the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), an independent academic institute within the Hans-B\u00f6ckler-Foundation, the average pre-tax hourly wage for men is \u20ac26.34 ($31.05) and for women, \u20ac22.24 ($26.21).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reduction in the pay gap, Germany is still well over the EU average of 12 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>The study also showed that men worked on average 38 hours per week, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-unreliable-childcare-forces-parents-into-part-time\/a-76061841\">women 30.5 hours.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The authors pointed out that despite the shrinking gap in comparative pay, the so-called <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-one-in-five-older-women-faces-poverty\/a-68905569\">gender pension gap<\/a> remains large, with women on average receiving 43% less in retirement pay than men in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/59J7N<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76099742\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president\/live-76099204#post-liveblog-post-76099742\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section German parliament farewells Rita S\u00fcssmuth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">02\/24\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">February 24, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">German parliament farewells Rita S\u00fcssmuth<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"75752142\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/75752142_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Rita S\u00fcssmuth, woman with glasses smiling\"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Rita S\u00fcssmuth was a popular figure across the political spectrum<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Christoph Hardt\/Geisler-Fotopress\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The German parliament will be holding a state ceremony on Tuesday in honor of Rita S\u00fcssmuth, who was president of the Bundestag from\u00a01988 to 1998 as the first woman to hold the post in reunified Germany.<\/p>\n<p>A mass is to be held in St. Hedwig&#8217;s Cathedral in Berlin at 10:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), followed by the ceremony in parliament from 12:00 midday.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, who died on February 1 at the age of 88, is only the third woman in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany to be honored by a state memorial ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>It is being held at the instigation of German President <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/frank-walter-steinmeier\/t-17345761\">Frank-Walter Steinmeier<\/a>, with media saying that almost the entire Cabinet will be attending, along with ex-Chancellors <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/angela-merkel\/t-17280098\">Angela Merkel<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olaf-scholz\/t-57304267\">Olaf Scholz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, a member of Chancellor <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/friedrich-merz\/t-60575802\">Friedrich Merz<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democrats (CDU)<\/a>, has already been laid to rest in her native city of Neuss.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about her significant achievements, particularly in the field of women&#8217;s rights,\u00a0in this article:<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/rita-s%C3%BCssmuth-the-high-profile-feminist-reformer-dies-aged-88\/a-75751503\">Rita S\u00fcssmuth: The high-profile feminist reformer dies aged 88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/59J1C<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-tracking-name=\"section-liveblog-post\" id=\"liveblog-post-76099480\" class=\"liveblog-post sh8w7rk atfzu66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president\/live-76099204#post-liveblog-post-76099480\" class=\"q1knotlb b14agbwd quick-item\"><span class=\"h1du6kc5 l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Skip next section Welcome to our coverage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\"><span class=\"time-area s1i8qhb9 icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><span class=\"publication icns9en lofg86o m1u0isv1 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"><time aria-hidden=\"true\">02\/24\/2026<\/time><span class=\"s28j2rd\">February 24, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">Welcome to our coverage<\/h2>\n<div class=\"a9wq4ao author-details\"><span><span class=\"separator lxmvniw m4xla6a s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"> | <\/span><span class=\"extra-info lxmvniw m4xla6a s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\"> Editor<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p><em>Guten Tag\u00a0<\/em>from the DW newsroom in Bonn!<\/p>\n<p>You join us as the German parliament, the Bundestag, is set to commemorate the late Rita S\u00fcssmuth, a politician who has left a significant mark on the country with her commitment to the cause of gender equality, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that there is still much to do in that area despite her efforts is shown by a new study indicating that the gender pay gap, while much smaller than 10 years ago, continues to be much in evidence.<\/p>\n<p>And far-right AfD politician Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke is touring Germany&#8217;s largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, ahead of a party conference where he is to compete for the national leadership.<\/p>\n<p>All his appearances have been accompanied by large protests by demonstrators who see the party as a grave danger for Germany&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Please read on to find out more about the stories currently topping the headlines in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bp605kw start\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/59Iwy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"h4zlaoh bp605kw center\">\n<div role=\"button\" data-tracking-name=\"show-more\" class=\"show-more-button s1va3u11 t1y9040i m7i2pic e3w9kkf b19vsmfu cx4rgdt ih9bob8 disabled sngcpkw w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">Show more posts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0A ceremony is to be held at the German parliament\u00a0in honor of its late ex-president, Rita S\u00fcssmuth, who died on February 1 at the age of 88<\/li>\n<li>The gender pay gap in Germany has shrunk over the past decade but is still above\u00a0the EU average, a study has shown<\/li>\n<li><span data-teams=\"true\">Younger people in Germany have reported much higher stress levels than older workers in a YouGov survey<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A tour in western Germany by far-right AfD\u00a0politician Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke is being met with major protests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Here is a roundup of headlines, background and analysis from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> on Tuesday, February 24, 2026:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Here is a roundup of headlines, background and analysis from <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a> on Tuesday, February 24, 2026:<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/is-the-gender-pay-gap-here-to-stay\/a-56823066\">gender pay gap in Germany<\/a> amounted to 15.6 percentage points in 2025, a reduction of almost seven percentage points in comparison with a decade earlier, a study has shown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study from the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), an independent academic institute within the Hans-B\u00f6ckler-Foundation, the average pre-tax hourly wage for men is \u20ac26.34 ($31.05) and for women, \u20ac22.24 ($26.21).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reduction in the pay gap, Germany is still well over the EU average of 12 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>The study also showed that men worked on average 38 hours per week, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-unreliable-childcare-forces-parents-into-part-time\/a-76061841\">women 30.5 hours.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The authors pointed out that despite the shrinking gap in comparative pay, the so-called <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-one-in-five-older-women-faces-poverty\/a-68905569\">gender pension gap<\/a> remains large, with women on average receiving 43% less in retirement pay than men in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/is-the-gender-pay-gap-here-to-stay\/a-56823066\">gender pay gap in Germany<\/a> amounted to 15.6 percentage points in 2025, a reduction of almost seven percentage points in comparison with a decade earlier, a study has shown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study from the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), an independent academic institute within the Hans-B\u00f6ckler-Foundation, the average pre-tax hourly wage for men is \u20ac26.34 ($31.05) and for women, \u20ac22.24 ($26.21).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reduction in the pay gap, Germany is still well over the EU average of 12 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>The study also showed that men worked on average 38 hours per week, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-unreliable-childcare-forces-parents-into-part-time\/a-76061841\">women 30.5 hours.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The authors pointed out that despite the shrinking gap in comparative pay, the so-called <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-one-in-five-older-women-faces-poverty\/a-68905569\">gender pension gap<\/a> remains large, with women on average receiving 43% less in retirement pay than men in 2023.<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"75752142\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/75752142_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Rita S\u00fcssmuth, woman with glasses smiling\"><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Rita S\u00fcssmuth was a popular figure across the political spectrum<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Christoph Hardt\/Geisler-Fotopress\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The German parliament will be holding a state ceremony on Tuesday in honor of Rita S\u00fcssmuth, who was president of the Bundestag from\u00a01988 to 1998 as the first woman to hold the post in reunified Germany.<\/p>\n<p>A mass is to be held in St. Hedwig&#8217;s Cathedral in Berlin at 10:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), followed by the ceremony in parliament from 12:00 midday.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, who died on February 1 at the age of 88, is only the third woman in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany to be honored by a state memorial ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>It is being held at the instigation of German President <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/frank-walter-steinmeier\/t-17345761\">Frank-Walter Steinmeier<\/a>, with media saying that almost the entire Cabinet will be attending, along with ex-Chancellors <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/angela-merkel\/t-17280098\">Angela Merkel<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olaf-scholz\/t-57304267\">Olaf Scholz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, a member of Chancellor <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/friedrich-merz\/t-60575802\">Friedrich Merz<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democrats (CDU)<\/a>, has already been laid to rest in her native city of Neuss.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about her significant achievements, particularly in the field of women&#8217;s rights,\u00a0in this article:<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/rita-s%C3%BCssmuth-the-high-profile-feminist-reformer-dies-aged-88\/a-75751503\">Rita S\u00fcssmuth: The high-profile feminist reformer dies aged 88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The German parliament will be holding a state ceremony on Tuesday in honor of Rita S\u00fcssmuth, who was president of the Bundestag from\u00a01988 to 1998 as the first woman to hold the post in reunified Germany.<\/p>\n<p>A mass is to be held in St. Hedwig&#8217;s Cathedral in Berlin at 10:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), followed by the ceremony in parliament from 12:00 midday.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, who died on February 1 at the age of 88, is only the third woman in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany to be honored by a state memorial ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>It is being held at the instigation of German President <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/frank-walter-steinmeier\/t-17345761\">Frank-Walter Steinmeier<\/a>, with media saying that almost the entire Cabinet will be attending, along with ex-Chancellors <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/angela-merkel\/t-17280098\">Angela Merkel<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olaf-scholz\/t-57304267\">Olaf Scholz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fcssmuth, a member of Chancellor <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/friedrich-merz\/t-60575802\">Friedrich Merz<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">Christian Democrats (CDU)<\/a>, has already been laid to rest in her native city of Neuss.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about her significant achievements, particularly in the field of women&#8217;s rights,\u00a0in this article:<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/rita-s%C3%BCssmuth-the-high-profile-feminist-reformer-dies-aged-88\/a-75751503\">Rita S\u00fcssmuth: The high-profile feminist reformer dies aged 88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\">\n<p><em>Guten Tag\u00a0<\/em>from the DW newsroom in Bonn!<\/p>\n<p>You join us as the German parliament, the Bundestag, is set to commemorate the late Rita S\u00fcssmuth, a politician who has left a significant mark on the country with her commitment to the cause of gender equality, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that there is still much to do in that area despite her efforts is shown by a new study indicating that the gender pay gap, while much smaller than 10 years ago, continues to be much in evidence.<\/p>\n<p>And far-right AfD politician Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke is touring Germany&#8217;s largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, ahead of a party conference where he is to compete for the national leadership.<\/p>\n<p>All his appearances have been accompanied by large protests by demonstrators who see the party as a grave danger for Germany&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Please read on to find out more about the stories currently topping the headlines in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Guten Tag\u00a0<\/em>from the DW newsroom in Bonn!<\/p>\n<p>You join us as the German parliament, the Bundestag, is set to commemorate the late Rita S\u00fcssmuth, a politician who has left a significant mark on the country with her commitment to the cause of gender equality, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that there is still much to do in that area despite her efforts is shown by a new study indicating that the gender pay gap, while much smaller than 10 years ago, continues to be much in evidence.<\/p>\n<p>And far-right AfD politician Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke is touring Germany&#8217;s largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, ahead of a party conference where he is to compete for the national leadership.<\/p>\n<p>All his appearances have been accompanied by large protests by demonstrators who see the party as a grave danger for Germany&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Please read on to find out more about the stories currently topping the headlines in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-news-bundestag-honors-its-late-ex-president\/live-76099204&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/76099872_6.jpg&#8221;] https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/59IsW A state ceremony is being held at the Reichstag in honor of Rita S\u00fcssmuthImage: Britta Pedersen\/dpa\/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know \u00a0A ceremony is 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