Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain power, NATO stability, immigration policies, and Trump’s foreign policy spark global tensions,
Merz’s government is the last chance for the German establishment parties to govern effectively,” says Matt Gertken, geopolitical strategist at BCA Research.U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war without Europe’s participation (or Ukraine’s) and threatening 25% tariffs on EU imports.
In Germany’s special election Sunday, seven months earlier than the normal date because the trio-run government collapsed, there were a full 29 parties
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Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
German voters will vote to choose their new Bundestag on Sunday (3). Here is everything you need to know about elections for the lower house of the German Parliament
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) claimed second place, winning 20.8% of the total 630 seats in the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament. During its election campaign, the AfD received endorsements from Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance.
Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a German-Russian alliance would fill Europe’s security vacuum and
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The Forward on MSNWhat happens when a party that seeks to erase the Holocaust gains unprecedented power? Germany is about to find out.Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a radical right-wing party now holds over 20% of the seats in Germany’s highest democratic institution, the Bundestag. This grants the AfD unprecedented power and resources to promote,
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Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party nearly doubled its share of the vote from the last election to secure a strong second-place finish. Nuclear energy may be the big winner.
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DPA International on MSNGermany's Merz, Scholz win constituencies as heavyweights humiliatedGerman conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, has won his constituency in Sunday's parliamentary election, while a number of political heavyweights suffered humiliating defeats.
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