Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big implications for Europe.
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner in the coming election, also says he is a trans-Atlanticist but won’t shy away from conflict if the Trump administration wants it.
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’
GERMANY’S likely next chancellor has accused Elon Musk of “Russian-style” meddling after far-right AfD’s historic election showing. Friedrich Merz led the Christian
Federal employees received emails asking them to justify their work. And Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he’s willing to resign for peace.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel speaks following the election result which saw her party become the second-biggest in the Bundestag with 20.8% of the vote, according to the provisional count.