Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, speak to party members in front of a reading “it starts here” at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopu…

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