Take your seats, please: Germany’s parliament chamber is rearranged to reflect voters’ verdict
German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...
Germany’s likely next leader wins parliament’s backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending
Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...
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Polling shows Germany's 2025 election will bring a shift, but not a far-right leader
Polls show the CDU enjoying a comfortable lead, with 28% support. Merz voted Sunday in Arnsberg in western Germany, just minutes after his main rival, Scholz. But it's the rise of the far-right ...
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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 ...
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Germany's election won by conservatives, and far-right AfD party surges, official results show
Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.
The New York Times25d
Germany’s Votes Are Cast. What Happens Now?
That means Germany is likely headed for a coalition government — and the process of building one could take months. The party with the most votes on Sunday will have to find partners.
Wall Street Journal14d
Germany’s Welcome New Defense Spending Plan
Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...
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Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake
Shortly afterwards, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a confidant of the Trump administration, waded into the campaign, voicing his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).