Debt and defence headache for Merz after AfD and far left make gains
Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a Europe-wide drive to increase defence budgets, even as his Christian Democrats (CDU) officially maintained their commitment to the rule in the run-up to Sunday’s vote.
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Exit polls show Merz in the lead while AfD makes historic gains in Germany election
Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative party, AfD. Early exit polls show AfD is headed for second place, while opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are in the lead and Scholz’s party fell to third.
The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...
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Germany's Merz calls for 'independence' from US as conservatives win voteGerman's Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve "independence" from the United States after his centre-right alliance won ...
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Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
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Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...
Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...
Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the countrys second-largest political party, marking a dramatic rise in ...
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Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declared victory Sunday as exit polls and early results suggest the ...
German hard-right party AfD gets strongest showing since WW2 GERMANY’S hard-right party has had its strongest showing since ...
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