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 ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
Exit polls show Merz in the lead while AfD makes historic gains in Germany election
Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...
Stock Futures Poised to React to Germany’s Elections
U.S. stock futures are set to react to the outcome of Germany’s elections, where early exit polling on Sunday has the ...
German hard-right party AfD gets strongest showing since WW2 amid pressure on mainstream parties to break ‘firewall’
German hard-right party AfD gets strongest showing since WW2 GERMANY’S hard-right party has had its strongest showing since ...
AfD will likely ‘continue to strengthen’ in Germany
Euractiv Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig has warned that the far-right Alternative for Germany will “continue to strengthen” and could get to the point where the CDU has “no other option” but to ...
Germany’s historic election — in charts
The elections have highlighted the steady erosion in support for the so-called people’s parties — the CDU and the SPD — that have dominated Germany’s political life since 1949. Merz was aiming to ...
Factbox-What kind of coalition government could Germany have after the election?
Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...