Europe (Centre‑Right & Christian Democrats)

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (857+ words) "Any foreign journalist who's in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend will feel like [the late ABC World News Tonight correspondent] Peter Jennings in 1989 when he broke the news that East German authorities were opening their borders to West Germany." That is what…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (211+ words) Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has emerged as the strongest party in another state election, deepening pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz and exposing the growing strength of a political movement that was once confined to the margins of the…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (328+ words) SCHWERIN, Germany — German voters went to the polls on Sunday in two state elections that look likely to heap more pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose future has been in the balance since the far right's triumph in another regional…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (275+ words) ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (99+ words) According to a statement by the state election commission, the CDU took a mere 4.9% of the vote BERLIN, September 21. /TASS/. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) lost the vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, failing to make it into the…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (147+ words) Germany’s governing CDU suffered its worst result in 80 years in regional elections Sunday. Germany’s governing CDU suffered its worst result in 80 years in regional elections Sunday, which Chancellor Friedrich Merz called a “disaster” for his party, as both…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (533+ words) BERLIN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The far-left Left Party's victory in the Berlin state election on Sunday was overshadowed by the continuing advance of the far-right in eastern Germany but it marked another defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition. Lead candidate…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (147+ words) Vorpommern, the party was initially projected to only just scrape through, with its worst ever election result. A few hours later, however, it had dipped below the 5% threshold needed to stay in... The German chancellor describes the results of a…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (201+ words) Germany's AfD was projected to win ​the most votes in ‌the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday, ​exit polls showed, but ​the far-right party is ⁠unlikely to govern as ​other parties rule out ​working with it. The exit poll,…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago   (303+ words) Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz logged a postwar low for his party on Sunday but remained defiant in electoral defeat, saying he's not going anywhere. Merz pledged Sunday... Merz Insists He's Staying After Party's 'Disaster' Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz logged a…...