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Germany’s New Leader Has a Tough Job. It Just Got Tougher.
Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...
80 years after WWII in Europe: How Germany’s past shapes its present
Never Again” – is not just a slogan, but also a civic duty. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany’s chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...
Shifting targets, growing support: The rise of Germany's AfD
Germany's domestic security agency classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist" on Friday, allowing for closer ...
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Intelligence agency classifies country's popular Alternative for Germany party as 'extremist'
on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist." "Central to our assessment is the ethnically and ancestrally defined concept of the people that ...
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Germany designates rising far-right AfD party as ‘extremist’ group
BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy ...
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Friedrich Merz becomes Germany's new Chancellor
Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of ...
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As Germany selects a new conservative chancellor, a look at the challenges he inherits
In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a ...