The Economist1h
Germany’s Social Democrats narrowly escape disaster in Brandenburg
Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where ...
Exit polls suggest reprieve for Germany’s Scholz, as his party looks set to fend off far right in state vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far right in a state election in ...
German chancellor’s Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election
A state election is taking place in Brandenburg three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern ...
Goodbye, ‘welcome culture.’ Germany bows to far-right pressure and tightens its borders
In Frankfurt an der Oder, an ironic sign reads, “Frankfurt Oder/Slubice – no borders.” Slubice is the Polish town across the ...
Pew Research Center2d
7 facts about Germany’s AfD party
Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the first far-right political party to win a state election in Germany since World War II.
Far-right's fate in German regional vote could break Scholz - or remake him
Weeks after topping a state vote for the first time and nearly winning another, Germany's far-right is taking aim at Olaf ...
The American Conservative2d
Germany's Establishment Conservatives Get Real on Migration
Establishment politicians in Berlin scramble to respond to public concerns about illegal immigration, but it is the ...
The Economist2d
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting?
TIME AND again the ambitions of Friedrich Merz to attain Germany’s top political job have been thwarted by events, by rivals—or by himself. Yet at last the chancellery looks within the grasp of the 68 ...
Why is Germany cracking down on migration?
Germany isn't building walls to put an end to mass migration. But the country is tightening its borders — and prompting a ...