The Latest: Merz leads in Germany's election while AfD makes historic gains
German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...
Firewall? Why the Far Right Is Unlikely to Join Germany’s Next Government
The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.
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Elon Musk’s Bid to Propel Germany’s Far-Right Party to Victory Has Failed
The racist, far-right, pro-Russia AfD— founded in 2013 as an anti-European Union party—is an outlier even among Europe’s nationalist parties. One senior leader has been twice convicted of using banned ...
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz claims victory for his conservatives in election
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lacklustre victory in a national election on ...
Merz claims win for German conservatives as far right surges to strongest postwar election result
Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
Germany's Far-Right AfD Party Surges In Election After Elon Musk Support
The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for ...
Conservative opposition wins German election
The projections, based on exit polls and partial counting, put support for Merz’s Union bloc at just under 29% and ...
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Germans vote under shadow of far-right surge
Germans went to the polls Sunday in a pivotal election, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked ...