Germany Elections Angela Merkel

A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Even though it's highly unlikely to take a share of power soon,

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Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important

The frontrunner in the race to run Germany is Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats (CDU) are up to 10 points ahead in the polls. He was chosen as candidate for chancellor ahead of Markus Söder, the leader of their sister party in Bavaria the Christian Social Union.

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Will the far right be the second largest party? Everything you need to know about Germany's elections

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to be voted out of office as Europe's biggest economy goes to the polls. Sky News looks at the key issues in the elections and what could happen next.

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Germany Election Far Right

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. The far-right party first entered Germany's national parliament eight years ago on the back of discontent with the arrival of large numbers of migrants in the mid-2010s,

Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

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Merkel, Musk and the far right: What is going on in Germany’s election?

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

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Could Angela Merkel’s return to public life swing the German election?

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

Germany election: What types of coalition government are possible?

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost ...

Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

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Rightist Party Vowing To ‘Make Germany Great Again’ Waxes Ahead of Upcoming National Election

Even though the Alternative for Germany is highly unlikely to take a share of power soon, it has become a factor that other ...

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AfD support surges after Munich terror attack as voters urge hardline Trump-style approach

EXCLUSIVE: Polling for the Daily Express shows that support for the right-wing Alternative for Deutschland party in Germany ...

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Merkel urges parties to calm pre-election 'turmoil'

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the ...

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