Live updates: Merz’s conservatives win Germany election as far-right AfD makes historic gains
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.
“That feeds into this whole far-right populist narrative that the mainstream parties are abandoning those areas,” Lueders ...
The far-right Alternative for Germany vaulted into second place on Sunday after about a fifth of voters cast their ballot for ...
The Alternative for Germany still has pariah status among other major political parties in a country where far-right politics ...
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The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in GermanyOne lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.
The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.
Formed in 2013, the AfD started out as a party that opposed Germany bailing out other countries, mainly Greece, during the ...
Photographer Fabian Ritter has spent years documenting the rise of the far right. Recent events illustrate the growing ...
Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on course to become the second-largest player in the country’s parliament after Sunday’s ...
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