Germany’s pivotal election: rising AfD, struggling left, and Europe’s uncertain future

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AfD’s Surge and SPD’s Decline Reshape Germany’s Upcoming Snap Election

(Analysis) Germany approaches a pivotal moment as snap elections on February 23, 2025, loom, following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government in late 2024. These elections underscore not only political instability but also mounting economic challenges that have undermined the foundations of Europe’s largest economy. Long regarded as a global industrial powerhouse, Germany […]

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Conservative Merz leads Germany's turbulent election race

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a bitterly fought campaign roiled by the rise of the AfD, a far-right party vocally backed by Team Trump. Barring any last-minute upset, the CDU/CSU bloc of Merz is leading the polls and on course to defeat Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) to make the 69-year-old former investment lawyer the next leader of Europe's …

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Germany’s pivotal election: rising AfD, struggling left, and Europe’s uncertain future

On Sunday, Germans will vote in an election that could shape both their country’s future and that of the European Union. While the hard-right AfD gains support, centrist and left-leaning parties struggle…

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Germany's Merz vows tough migrant policy to stall AfD's rise

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to restrict immigration and rebuild the economy to ward off the rise of the far-right AfD.

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The conservative Friedrich Merz, who leads the polls for the elections on Sunday in Germany, is already in power. And he puts conditions for forming a coalition with other parties. Merz will demand a “turn in immigration policy,” he said this Wednesday in a debate with the Chancellor, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who accuses him of flirting with the extreme right after accepting his votes in the Bundestag to restrict the right to asylum.

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Why a second-place AfD could be the real winner in Germany’s election

Alice Weidel, AfD co-leader and candidate for chancellor (via 2SWGC4B/ Alamy)The Germans go to the polls on Sunday and on Monday there will probably be two headlines: “CDU’s Friedrich Merz to become Chancellor” and “AfD finishes 2nd with 140 seats in Bundestag”.Of the two, it’s possible the second is more important but first let’s deal with Merz.He’s a 69-year-old Catholic from North Rhine Westphalia who is married with three children and flies …