Conservatives lead in German elections, far-right AfD comes in second
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats won nearly 29% of the votes in the country’s federal election. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party faced a historic defeat with the lowest vote share for the center-left party since 1949.
Concern is growing over the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s rise ahead of the German election. Its U.S. supporters ...
The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...
Weidel said voters had delivered a “clear majority” for a coalition with the AfD, which came second, and the winning ...
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‘Devastating’: What Germany’s election results mean for JewsGermany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the country’s second-largest political party, marking a dramatic rise in ...
German hard-right party AfD gets strongest showing since WW2 GERMANY’S hard-right party has had its strongest showing since ...
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