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AfD, Germany

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 lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

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BBC · 1h

Germany's Merz questions Nato's future after election win as Musk congratulates far-right AfD

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Yahoo · 29m

German conservatives win election as AfD surges into second

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won the election on Sunday night.

AfD leader eyes next election

U.S. News & World Report · 2h

Germany's Merz Will Push up Debt With Help of Left, Says AfD Leader

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, said Germany's likely next chancellor would be held hostage by left-wing parties that would seek to loosen tough fiscal rules.

The Financial Times · 6h

Debt and defence headache for Merz after AfD and far left make gains

Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a Europe-wide drive to increase defence budgets, even as his Christian Democrats (CDU) officially maintained their commitment to the rule in the run-up to Sunday’s vote.

DPA International on MSN · 15h

AfD leader eyes next election, while Merz stresses differences

Following the electoral success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party's chairwoman, Alice Weidel, is already setting her sights on the next federal election. She stated on a programme featuring the main party leaders on German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF on Sunday evening that the winning conservative bloc could not form a

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Germany’s Far-Right AfD Targets Victory Next Time After Breakthrough

The far-right Alternative for Germany vaulted into second place on Sunday after about a fifth of voters cast their ballot for ...

Exclusive: Alice Weidel on Her Far-Right AfD Party’s Rise, Elon Musk’s Support, and the German Election

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

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AfD explained: Why the far-right party exploded in popularity

Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in yesterday’s national election and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Other ...

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Delivering weapons to Ukraine will not bring peace, says AfD's deputy leader

Beatrix von Storch, a member of the Bundestag and deputy leader of the AfD, discusses the election results in Germany, the ...

Swissinfo3h

Why the AfD is keen on Switzerland’s direct democracy

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has long advocated for “Swiss-style” direct democracy. What does the party hope ...

Meet Germany’s far-right leader Alice Weidel, a study in contradictions

As Dr Weidel took the stage in Halle, the crowd started a chant that was a not-too-subtle play on a Nazi slogan, “Everything ...

DPA International on MSN1d

Five detained at protest in Swiss town where AfD leader Weidel lives

Five people were temporarily detained on the fringes of a demonstration Saturday in the Swiss town where Alice Weidel, the co ...

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Germany's poorest city tries to counter rise of AfD

Germany's Ruhr area used to be a Social Democrat stronghold, but the populist AfD has risen to popularity amid the region's ...

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