CNN6d
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 lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...
The New York Times6d
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...
The New York Times6d
How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right
Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote ...
Fox News6d
Germany’s new conservative leader looks to ‘achieve independence’ from US
Germany’s chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, said his "absolute priority" upon taking up the top job will be to secure Europe so that ...
Mint6d
Germany Elections: Friedrich Merz claims victory; far-right AfD surges, exit polls show
Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls indicated his bloc was in the lead. Acknowledging the challenges ahead ...
Wall Street Journal6d
The Race to Save Germany
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior, and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Joel Marklund/Zuma Press/Damian Dovarganes/AP/Omar Ashtawy Apaimages ...
Sky6d
Election latest: Trump hails 'great day for Germany' as conservatives and far-right on track for record vote shares
Thanks for following our live coverage of the German elections. According to exit polls, Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc looks set to take home the most votes, with the far-right AfD party ...
Politico Europe6d
The inside story of how 31 days made Merz chancellor — and changed Germany forever
According to those who know him well, Merz ― Germany’s next chancellor ― is a person who is just as likely to be swayed by his own emotional reaction as through cold political calculation. That night ...
Investing2d
Germany Consumer Price Index (CPI) MoM
Germany goes to the polls, but far-right AfD is unlikely to form a government. German CPI data might be a bigger driver for the euro. US inflation is also in the spotlight as the PCE report is ...
Associated Press6d
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany’s top job after election?
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for a press conference in ...
Indiatimes6d
Conservative party wins Germany: 10 key facts about the election that shifted the nation to right
Projections indicate that CDU won the highest number of votes, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw a major surge. (AP photo) ...