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Once-shunned AfD waits in wings of power as Germany heads for polls
Alice fuer Deutschland' (Alice for Germany) chanted supporters as far-right leader Alice Weidel addressed an election rally ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...
Analysis-Germany's far-right AfD is shut out from power for now, but waiting in the wings
The AfD has won new support in western states from voters frustrated by Germany's weak economy, seeking curbs on migration, ...
Politico Europe6d
What Germany’s East-West divide means for the election
Constituencies in Germany’s East have, since the fall of the Berlin Wall ... In fact, with the exception of the 2005 election (which was so close that both Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
As Germany’s economic miracle unravels, its dark past is coming back to haunt it
In the former East Germany it is already dominant ... With the benefit of hindsight, the Angela Merkel era, from 2005 to 2021, can be seen as Germany’s locust years. The examples of short ...
Migration hardliner Friedrich Merz expected to become Germany’s next chancellor as CDU leads polls
Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor, with his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and its ...
Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...
Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to an assertive Trump
German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.
Sky5d
Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and ... Friedrich Merz was born in Brilon, in west Germany, in 1955 to a well-known conservative ...