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Conservatives win German election

Germany's Merz questions Nato's future after election win as Musk congratulates far-right AfD

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

The Washington Post · 4h

Who is Friedrich Merz, the German election winner warning Europe about Trump?

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

The Canadian Press on MSN · 5h

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz headed for Germany's top job after a career of ups and downs

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.

Germany, Independence

Germany to move toward 'independence' from US, new leader says

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Newsweek on MSN · 2h

Europe Should 'Achieve Independence' From US, Says Germany's Merz

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the United States in security matters, after his grouping won the biggest share of the vote in federal elections.

POLITICO on MSN · 11h

Germany’s Next Leader Will Be Squeezed by Trump and the Far-Right

Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving former lawyer but he may clash with President Donald Trump, as Merz is a fierce defender of Europe and NATO.

AfD, Germany

CNN on MSN · 1h

Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

The Washington Post on MSN · 12h

Germany’s far-right AfD still faces limits, despite election success

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

Sky News Australia on MSN · 17h

AfD will likely ‘continue to strengthen’ in Germany

Euractiv Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig has warned that the far-right Alternative for Germany will “continue to strengthen” and could get to the point where the CDU has “no other option” but to go into coalition with them.

12hon MSN

Who Is Friedrich Merz? Germany's Likely Next Chancellor

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

6hon MSN

CDU has limited options for forming government by shutting out second-place Alternative for Germany

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

14h

Germany's Merz takes aim at US interference, pledges European unity

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark remarks hours after his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc won Sunday's ...

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