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From far-right gains to the economy: What’s at stake in Germany’s election?

Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.

Al Jazeera

German Greens' Robert Habeck To Lead Bruised Party Into Elections

Germany's Greens have been environmental trailblazers but their top candidate, Robert Habeck, goes into snap national elections bruised by three stormy years in government that ended in a political crisis.

International Business Times

German Chancellor Seeks Confidence Vote Amid Political Turmoil

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for vote of confidence, leading to early election in February after coalition collapse due to economic challenges.

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Olaf Scholz delivers plea for German unity ahead of confidence vote

Chancellor makes fiery appeal in parliament for opposition support ‘for the good of the country’

The Guardian - UK

German opposition leader plans climate action reverse and immigration controls as Scholz paves way for election – as it happened

German chancellor confirms vote of confidence date, giving path to 23 February election, as Friedrich Merz attempts to create distance between parties

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s post-Holocaust moral remaking is being challenged by the rise of the far-right – and wars in Gaza and Ukraine

Current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza (now spreading across the Middle East), have placed Germany in a difficult position, forcing it to reconsider its role in the world. A uniquely German sense of guilt and shame for the Holocaust “inseparably” ties the Israel-Palestine conflict to “Germany’s unquestionable solidarity with Israel”,…

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Germany to hold snap election on 23 February

President approves date agreed by leading Social Democrats and opposition conservatives

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Germany set for snap election following collapse of Olaf Scholz’s coalition

Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February after Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly agreed a deal with opposition politicians for an early vote.

The Conversation

Germany marks 1989 Berlin Wall fall with 'Preserve Freedom' party

Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against the somber backdrop of war in Gaza and Ukraine, and fears that democracy is under attack around the world.

Radio France Internationale

The collapse of Germany’s government will delight Trump – and his European friends

The German dream of centrist, stable government has been dashed by geopolitical forces and the cult of balanced budgets, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

The Guardian - UK

Germany Marks 1989 Berlin Wall Fall With 'Preserve Freedom' Party

Germany marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities from Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!"

International Business Times

Why has Germany’s government collapsed and what happens next?

Olaf Scholz’s sacking of his finance minister has plunged Europe’s largest economy into considerable uncertainty

The Guardian - UK

Olaf Scholz faces calls for confidence vote after German coalition collapses

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz opposes timetable laid out by chancellor in news conference

The Guardian - UK

As a former East German athlete doped by the state, I see how our past pain is fuelling the far right

In east Germany, our history is shrouded in lies and silence. Until we break their hold, support for extremism will flourish, says academic and author Ines Geipel

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Climate crisis leaves European farmers vulnerable to far right, say campaigners

Populist groups capitalising on costly environmental policies that affect farmers by offering them support

The Guardian - UK

The Nazis hated the Bauhaus. Now the AfD is picking a fight with its legacy too

A state parliament debate about the design movement shows how fear of ‘un-German’ ideas is being revived for the 21st century, says Katja Hoyer, a German-British historian and journalist

The Guardian - UK

German MP tries to counter AfD’s TikTok dominance with slang-filled video

Christian Dürr’s 75-second video, part of efforts to challenge far right party’s influence on platform, triggers slew of ‘cringe’ comments

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Group that emerged from Tory party hosts forum for Britain’s far right

Traditional Britain Group’s London conference includes speaker from Germany’s AfD party and far-right activists

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It’s too easy to claim Sahra Wagenknecht is beyond the pale. Here’s what German voters see in her

Progressives shouldn’t dismiss the ‘left-conservative’ leader – her popularity is driven by her powerful critique of runaway capitalism, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

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As a recent migrant to Germany I say this: the border clampdown is an insult to the values championed here

Even as I am taught about the German credo of tolerance and compassion, the government is betraying it, says Bonita Dordel a communications consultant

The Guardian - UK

How did the far right win in Austria? To understand, look to its global networks

The Freedom party hasn’t only harnessed discontent at home – it is drawing on once-fringe ideas that have spread around the world, says Austrian academic and author Julia Ebner

The Guardian - UK

Victory in Austria is another step in far right’s march across Europe

If FPÖ can take power it will join a growing Moscow-friendly, anti-Brussels, autocratic bloc in the EU

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German far-right politician accused of using political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus

Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau

The Independent UK

Eastern German legislature elects mainstream conservative speaker after far-right election win

Lawmakers have elected a mainstream conservative as speaker of the state parliament in eastern Germany’s Thuringia region, putting aside a convention that the strongest party gets the job after the far-right Alternative for Germany won a regional election for the first time

Al Jazeera

Not just AfD: What’s the BSW, Germany’s rising populist left party?

The party founded in January espouses anti-NATO, anti-immigrant populist rhetoric while promoting left-wing economics.

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