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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for a press conference in ...

Germany’s chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, said his "absolute priority" upon taking up the top job will be to secure Europe so that ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The hands of Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as he speaks during a news ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior, and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Joel Marklund/Zuma Press/Damian Dovarganes/AP/Omar Ashtawy Apaimages ...

Week Ahead – German Elections and US PCE Inflation on Investors’ Radar By Trading Point - Feb 21, 2025 Germany goes to the polls, but far-right AfD is unlikely to form a government.

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Projections indicate that CDU won the highest number of votes, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw a major surge. (AP photo) ...