German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the press on Monday that he was "deeply shocked" by the far-right AfD's historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt's state election a day earlier. The AfD is labelled a "right-wing…
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Speaking in Berlin on Monday, the German chancellor said he saw a society "longing for disruption" and "fundamental change."…
The fallout from the AfD’s landslide in Saxony-Anhalt is testing Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s reform agenda, Germany’s support for…
The ballot box triumph put the pro-Trump and Moscow-friendly AfD, officially listed as "right-wing extremist" by Germany's…
After AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, the chancellor says reform "determination is unbroken," even as his party lost half its…
Pressure on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government increased after the landslide victory of the far-right in Saxony-Anhalt.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he was "deeply shocked" by his party's state election defeat at the hands of the…
Germany's Merz under pressure after far-right election triumph
