Merz: Impossible to 'go back to business as usual' after 44% in Saxony-Anhalt state chose AfD; leaders in other countries wonder if result will be replicated on their home turf

While short of an overall majority, the AfD won 44% of the vote and delivered a drubbing to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, reflecting the deep unpopularity of…

The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a major victory in a regional election on Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the…