The Latest: Merz wins Germany's election while AfD makes historic gains
German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the ...
Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
Wary of Trump, Germany's Merz warns it's 'five minutes to midnight for Europe'
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Friedrich Merz Becomes German Chancello At A Critical Moment
Compared to last October, when it became apparent that an election would be called, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not ...
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Berlin’s Anti-AfD “Firewall” Will Collapse
CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...
Europe Should 'Achieve Independence' From US, Says Germany's Merz
Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...
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Germany’s New Chancellor Must Do the Unthinkable
If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.
Did Germany Really Lurch to the Right This Election? It’s Complicated.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, doubling its result from last time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost a lot, their coalition partner the Greens a ...