The New York Times16d
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...
Fox News16d
Germany’s new conservative leader looks to ‘achieve independence’ from US
Germany’s chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, said his "absolute priority" upon taking up the top job will be to secure Europe so that ...
Foreign Policy16d
The AfD Is Now Germany’s Mainstream
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CNN16d
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 lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...
Wall Street Journal17d
The Race to Save Germany
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior, and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Joel Marklund/Zuma Press/Damian Dovarganes/AP/Omar Ashtawy Apaimages ...
Politico Europe17d
The inside story of how 31 days made Merz chancellor — and changed Germany forever
According to those who know him well, Merz ― Germany’s next chancellor ― is a person who is just as likely to be swayed by his own emotional reaction as through cold political calculation. That night ...
Time17d
What to Know About Germany’s Election Results—and What Comes Next
BERLIN — The opposition conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in Germany’s election Sunday and Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing for a ...
Fox News17d
Trump celebrates conservative party win in Germany
"LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "MUCH LIKE THE USA, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY GOT TIRED OF ...
Politico Europe17d
Trump congratulates Germany’s election winners — and himself
After spending the past two weeks trashing European politicians and ripping up America’s commitments to the continent’s security, the president of the United States offered warm congratulations to ...
The New York Times18d
Meet the Man Who Is Poised to Lead Germany
By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...
BBC18d
Far-right AfD surge is warning for Germany's other parties, says winner Merz
Friedrich Merz, the man set to lead Germany after winning a snap election, says the far-right surge is a warning for the country's other parties Merz, whose conservative CDU/CSU alliance won 28.6% ...
Foreign Policy19d
Now That Trump Is Done With Europe, Will Germany Step Up?
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