German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the results a “disaster” for his center-right party.

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scored a historic victory in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt election, with exit polls ...

For the past six years, Germany has either been in recession or stagnated. By comparison, real GDP in the United States has increased by more than 15 percent since 2020, while the economies of the United Kingdom, France, and Italy have grown by roughly 5 to 9 percent. Germany’s economy, by contrast, has grown by only 0.2 percent.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sent shock waves across Germany – and the world – by trouncing the opposition in a state election over the weekend. But will the party actually be able to govern?

Here in Germany, leaders from around the world are prowling the halls of the Bayerischer Hof Hotel. They are here, like us, for the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering focused on defense, diplomacy, alliances. One group that's new this year ...

Germany's latest state elections brought fresh gains for the far-right AfD and the Left Party, deepening concerns about the weakening of the political center. Is German politics entering a new era?