What Did You Do Last Week? Plus: German elections, how I almost got arrested this weekend, and more... Reason · Feb 24, 2025
Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe Leader of victorious conservative alliance says continent must build defence capability as US moves towards ‘America alone’ motto The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
Germany's far-left party celebrates surprise comeback in elections While the far-right representation in Germany's parliament doubled in size after weekend elections, the country's left wing also got a boost at the polls. With 8.5 percent of the vote, they easily crossed the five percent threshold to get back into active politics. RFI's Jan van der Made reports from… Radio France Internationale · Feb 24, 2025
Trump claims German election results vindicate his agenda. The winners disagree Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one day having to say that." Fortune · Feb 24, 2025
Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party The AfD doubles its vote share to 20.8 percent in weekend elections and becomes Germany’s second-largest party. Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025
Friedrich Merz: Who is Germany’s election winner and how will he fare against AfD leader Alice Weidel? Friedrich Merz has taken aim at the US and says Europe must stand up for itself The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shifted The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
German election: Who won, who lost and what’s next? Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers. Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025
Germany's Merz Wins Election, Promises Strong Support For Ukraine Germany's election results show a shift towards mainstream conservatism, with a focus on supporting Ukraine and economic recovery. Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Germany's Mainstream Conservatives Win National Election, Far-Right Party Surges Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz win election, facing challenges in addressing European security issues and forming a stable coalit... Top News · Feb 24, 2025
What we learned from the German election that will bring change to the EU's leading power Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
First Thing: Zelenskyy hails ‘three years of resistance’ on anniversary of Russian invasion It follows Russia’s biggest ever aerial attack on Ukraine. Plus, far-right AfD doubles support in German election The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe? Our panel responds Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU may have won the German election, but all eyes are on the far-right AfD after its huge gains, say Fatma Aydemir, Katja Hoyer and others The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
World reacts to Merz’ German election win amid warnings on far-right surge Global leaders congratulate conservative leader Friedrich Merz, but others focus on the success of the AfD. Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Feb 24, 2025 Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD support surges PROVISIONAL results confirmed that German mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, however a surge by…
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 Germany’s Friedrich Merz takes swipe at Trump and calls for ‘independence from the USA’ Germany’s likely next chancellor has also questioned whether NATO will continue to exist
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; more losses on Wall Street – as it happened Apple has pledged to spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years, including a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 Monday briefing: Merz will be Germany’s chancellor – but extremists are waiting in the wings In today’s newsletter: The far-right AfD may have come second, but at 20% they have been held off by the performance of mainstream parties, with the CDU leader Friedrich Merz on course to be the new chancellor
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025 Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Trump and Musk Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’
The Conversation · Feb 24, 2025 Who is Friedrich Merz, the man now most likely to lead Germany? Eight things to know With the social democrat Olaf Scholz conceding defeat to the centre right in Germany’s election, the man most likely to be named the next chancellor will be Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz.
Top News · Feb 24, 2025 German Conservative Leader Friedrich Merz Wins National Election German conservative Friedrich Merz wins national election, signaling a shift towards conservatism. CDU emerges victorious, AfD secures second place. Merz p...
Top News · Feb 24, 2025 Germany's Next Chancellor Calls For European Independence From US Friedrich Merz, probable next German chancellor, emphasizes Europe's independence from the US post-election. Merz aims to strengthen Europe amidst shifting...
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2025 Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity following CDU/CSU election success– as it happened Most likely next German chancellor warns against rise of far right and says he intends to form new government by Easter
Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025 Germany’s Merz calls for ‘independence’ from US as conservatives win vote Hard-right Alternative for Germany comes second in parliamentary elections, doubling vote share from 2021.
The Conversation · Feb 24, 2025 Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult Friedrich Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has captured the highest proportion of votes in Germany’s election on Sunday. The celebrations could be short-lived, though, as the task of forming a government now looms.