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Germany’s border clampdown threatens the entire European project

No wonder Viktor Orbán and Geert Wilders are cheering. Olaf Scholz is helping them to reshape the EU as they want it

The Guardian - UK

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times

‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk

Critics say tightened land border checks a ‘transparent’ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rights

The Guardian - UK

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Why is Germany imposing more restrictions on its borders?

German authorities are shifting their stance on immigration amid far-right gains and coming elections.

Al Jazeera

German border plan to stop ‘irregular migration’ unacceptable, says Tusk

Polish PM calls for urgent consultations with European neighbours over controls he says will break European law

The Guardian - UK

Germany to introduce tougher border controls after attack claimed by Isis

Minister says new rules will strengthen internal security and continue ‘hard line against irregular migration’

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Russian drone violations of Latvia and Romania airspace

Two countries report incursions as an alliance leader decries ‘potentially dangerous’ acts; Putin loyalists head for win in Russian local elections. What we know on day 929

The Guardian - AU

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 927

As the war enters its 927th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren't the only ones worried

Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history

The Independent UK

Zelensky At Military Aid Meet In Germany To Rally Ukraine's Allies

He will also meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and then head to Italy, following the meeting at Ramstein Air Base, which comes days after 55 people were killed and 300 wounded in a Russian missile strike on the city of Poltava.

Latin Times

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 923

As the war enters its 923rd day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war briefing: Father is only survivor after family killed in Russian strike on Lviv

Zelenskiy briefs Biden official on Kursk and wider war; Germany activates its own Iris-T SLM air defences after giving first ones to Ukraine. What we know on day 925

The Guardian - AU

VW Bosses Defend Possible Plant Closures At Stormy Meeting

Volkswagen executives defended plans to consider the unprecedentedclosure of factories in Germany during a heated meeting Wednesday with thousands of staff, saying falling sales had hit it hard.

International Business Times

German Army Activates Air-Defense System, Citing Russia Threat

Germany's military put a first Iris-T air-defense system into service on its own soil Wednesday having delivered several of them to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles.

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The Guardian - UK

EU leaders may envy Starmer’s stable majority – Brexit’s part in it less so

Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calm, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

There’s only one way to keep Germany’s far-right AfD at bay. Address the concerns it exploits

There are good reasons to place a political firewall around the extremists. But mainstream parties must also address the electorate’s loss of trust, says German-British historian Katja Hoyer

The Guardian - UK

AfD’s success in German elections piles pressure on a fragmented EU

The centre ‘may be holding’ but if the far right continues to win elections, the European project faces a rocky few years

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the rise of AfD: winning an election won’t mean it wins power

Editorial: The emergence of the far right as a political force in eastern Germany is a concern for Europe’s biggest economy

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International Business Times

Election Outcome Highlights Germany's Ukraine War Problem

Regional elections in Germany have laid bare a swell of opposition to the government's stance on the conflict in Ukraine at a time when Berlin is already under pressure over its aid for Kyiv.

The Guardian - UK

The AfD has stunned Germany – but this was no surprise victory

Mainstream parties should have opposed the far right’s anti-migrant narrative after the Solingen knife attack, not condoned it. In Thuringia, they paid the price, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

The Guardian - UK

AfD leaders demand inclusion in state coalition talks after election success

Voters want AfD taking part in government, German far-right party insists after results in Thuringia and Saxony

Radio France Internationale

Germany's Scholz worried by far-right surge in regional elections

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter" and urged mainstream parties to form governments without "right-wing extremists".

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Far-Right Afd's Success In State Elections Puts Pressure On Government

The rise of AfD in recent state elections poses challenges for German government and opposition, impacting the country's political landscape.

The Guardian - UK

‘A dark day for Germany is a dark day for Europe’: liberals react to far right success in German state election – as it happened

Election results in Germany causes consternation across Europe as German chancellor says preliminary results in Thuringia are ‘bitter’

The Independent UK

Far-right success in German votes piles new pressure on Scholz's coalition

The Alternative for Germany party’s success in two state elections has piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious government and left the country’s main opposition party facing political contortions to find a way to govern a pair of eastern regions without involving the far right party

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