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Germany’s Merz ‘grateful’ centre-left SPD wants to stay in coalition after CDU’s heavy losses – Europe live
CDU suffered heavy losses in two regional elections, including in home state of former leader Angela Merkel, w...
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Latest German election humiliation puts Merz on borrowed time as CDU unrest grows
Chancellor acknowledges disastrous state election results but vow to push on is likely to further alienate vot...
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Friedrich Merz vows to stay in office after CDU ‘disaster’ in German state elections
Far-right AfD wins in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and leftwing Die Linke on course for victory in Berlin
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Future of German chancellor hangs in the balance as two states go to polls
Embattled Friedrich Merz faces nervous wait while far-right Alternative für Deutschland party targets further...
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Record fuel prices across EU prompt calls for bloc-wide windfall tax on firms
German minister says companies are ‘exploiting situation’ in Middle East, as sky-high prices become major dome...
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Poland warns Russia planning ‘hybrid strikes’ against countries supporting Ukraine – as it happened
Donald Tusk says ‘very consistent and convincing’ intelligence assessment point towards Russian plans for stri...
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The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled
The billionaire and the party have developed a symbiotic relationship to spread their far-right views both in...
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The far right’s rise is a wake-up call for Europe
Letters: Benjamin Selwyn, Dr Michael Esser and William Ward on the increasing popularity of rightwing extremis...
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Firewall compromised: has Friedrich Merz blown ‘democracy’s last shot’?
Many fear chancellor is wrong man for the job at a time when Germany’s defences against far right are crumblin...