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 ...
Exit polls show Merz in the lead while AfD makes historic gains in Germany election
Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...
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Germany’s far-right AfD doubles vote share and reshapes Germany’s political landscape
The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...
Friedrich Merz, a Conservative, Is Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor
The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...
The Latest: Opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s headed to form Germany's next government
Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...
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Conservatives win Germany election, far-right in second place, exit polls show
The polls, issued right after the last polling stations closed, put support for Merz's Union bloc at 28.5-29% and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at 19.5-20% — roughly double its result from ...
Election winner Merz invites Netanyahu to Germany, says Israeli's office
Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in ...
The biggest takeaways from Germany’s election, which will bring change to the EU’s leading power
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...