Brussels, my love? Is Germany back in the EU driving seat?
In this edition, we reflect on the big takeaways from the German federal elections and discuss the recent wave of copycat ...
Right-wing Alternative for Germany scores second place in pivotal election, conservative set to to be next chancellor
Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, is on course for a stunning result in Sunday’s ...
The New York Times5d
Merz Appears Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor
People at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a knife attack in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in January.Credit...Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Voters from across Germany ...
Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing
This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...
The New York Times6d
Voters Took Note of U.S. Meddling in Campaign
By Catherine Odom and Sam Gurwitt Catherine Odom reported from Dresden, Germany, and Sam Guritt from Aschaffenburg, Germany. Interference by Trump administration officials in the German campaign ...
The Local3d
Police pledge tightened security measures for Germany's carnival season
Following recent terror attacks in Germany, police are stepping up security controls for carnival season - but say there is ...
The i Paper on MSN4d
Six reasons you should care about the far-right AfD's huge election gains in Germany
Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...
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What’s new in Germany?
Lately, AfD leader Alice Weidel has introduced a new argument. In her conversation with Elon Musk, broadcast live in January on X, she said: “The biggest success after that terrible era in our history ...
Who Is Friedrich Merz, the Man on Course to Take Germany's Top Job After Election?
Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...
USA Today5d
Elon Musk's X supported far-right German party celebrating historic election gains
After an Afghan man was implicated in the most recent knife attack, which killed two in the town of Aschaffenburg last month, AfD called for a total shutdown of Germany's borders. Friedrich Merz ...
CBS News4d
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to lead Germany after its election?
Merz put toughening Germany's immigration laws at the forefront of the election campaign after a migrant killed two people in a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month.