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 ...
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 ...
Germany's election: what happens now?
Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...
Did Germany Really Lurch to the Right This Election? It’s Complicated.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, doubling its result from last time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost a lot, their coalition partner the Greens a ...
Germany’s AfD brings ‘friendly face of National Socialism’ into fold
The AfD group in the Bundestag on Tuesday voted to accept Matthias Helferich, who is so divisive officials from his own ...
The biggest takeaways from Germany's election, which will bring change to the EU's leading power
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...