The Daily T: Why the AfD can’t be ignored as Germany swings right
The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The centre-right CDU (Christian Democratic Union) led by Friedrich Merz will take power having won just over 28pc of the vote.
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...
Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...
Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile ...
Frederick Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, is virtually assured of becoming Germany’s next chancellor.
Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...
Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
Germany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.
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