Germany’s far-right seeks to convert the power of Trump into election gains
It is a pivotal moment for Germany's far-right AfD ahead of national elections Sunday. The party is polling at 21% — likely ...
Germany’s rightward shift reflects Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt realignment — and Democratic failures with the working class
It’s hard not to see the political parallels between Cottbus, a city of 100,000 about 75 miles south of Berlin, and Rust Belt ...
Why Germany's Election Matters
The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.
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Here's what to know about Germany's election this Sunday
An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...
German election: Germany enters last day of campaigning
The conservative CDU/CSU alliance under Friedrich Merz is ahead in the polls, with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
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Germany’s AfD Is No Friend of America
Hours earlier, representatives of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social ... the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD.
The New York Times26d
Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right
Image Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, in Berlin on Monday.Credit...Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Migration concerns have risen in Germany ...
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Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
No one closes rank quite like Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Two weeks before 59 million Germans choose a new parliament – and, most likely, start a power transfer back to the CDU ...
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‘No contact’: Senior German conservative rules out coalition with far-right AfD
says ex-CDU leader Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will not cooperate or enter into coalition talks with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) after this month’s elections ...
Euronews28d
Germany's opposition leader Merz under fire for vowing migration crackdown
Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... as justification for a migration overhaul. The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Thursday presented a five-point migration plan ...
Yahoo21d
Germany's SPD double down on Merz criticism as migration bill fails
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) listens to Friedrich Merz (R), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and parliamentary group leader of the CDU/Christian Social Union in ...
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Bundestag MPs reject migration bill by Christian Democratic Union and backed by far-right Alternative for Germany
With cheers of surprise and shocked faces , Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and backed by the far-right ...