Germany's Merz will push up debt with help of left, says AfD leader
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, said Germany's likely next chancellor would be held hostage by left-wing parties that would seek to loosen tough fiscal rules.
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Germany’s Merz calls for ‘independence’ from US after election win
Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now on course to win 20.5% of the vote, according to latest projections - but there is no way Friedrich Merz will work with it because of a long-standing political taboo against working with the far right, known as a Brandmauer - a firewall.
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The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Germany's Left party between them garnered the one third of seats in ...
The Leader of the AfD remarks that America can have a docile Germany and pay most of its defense bills — or leave Germany to ...
The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...
Exit polls show Alternative for Germany on course for strongest far-right showing in a national election since WWII.
How long all of that would take remains to be seen; in the past, it has varied greatly from government to government. In 2017 ...
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German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday ...
Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...
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