Conservatives celebrate German election win as the far right sees historic success
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...
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Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result
Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...
Merz claims win for German conservatives as far right surges to strongest postwar election result
If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...
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Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
(CNN) — 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 ...
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Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
The mood at the far right’s election party in Berlin was ecstatic as the exit polls first flashed onto the screens, with people cheering and waving Germany flags. For his part, Christian ...
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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 ...
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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 ...