Right-wing Alternative for Germany scores second place in pivotal election, conservative set to to be next chancellor
Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, is on course for a stunning result in Sunday’s ...
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Merz Appears Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor
People at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a knife attack in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in January.Credit...Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Voters from across Germany ...
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Voters Took Note of U.S. Meddling in Campaign
By Catherine Odom and Sam Gurwitt Catherine Odom reported from Dresden, Germany, and Sam Guritt from Aschaffenburg, Germany. Interference by Trump administration officials in the German campaign ...
Knife attack in Aschaffenburg sparks heated debate on Germany's migration policy
Amy Xie Patrick of Pendal discusses the impact of tariffs on inflation and growth, and why she sees a tricky downward path ahead for 10-year treasury yields. She says a better monetary and fiscal ...
Friedrich Merz on course to take Germany’s top job after election, vows to unite Europe
Friedrich Merz's task will be complicated by the need to form a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats of outgoing ...
Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing
This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...
Brussels, my love? Is Germany back in the EU driving seat?
In this edition, we reflect on the big takeaways from the German federal elections and discuss the recent wave of copycat ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to lead Germany after its election?
Merz put toughening Germany's immigration laws at the forefront of the election campaign after a migrant killed two people in a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month.