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Even if it doesn’t form government, the far-right AfD has shaken Germany’s political establishment to the core

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sent shock waves across Germany – and the world – by trouncing the opposition in a state election over the weekend. But will the party actually be able to govern?

The Conversation

Germany's Far-Right AfD Wins Saxony-Anhalt Election But Governing Majority Remains Uncertain

Germany's far-right AfD won the Saxony-Anhalt election with 44% of the vote, but fell short of an absolute majority, leaving coalition possibilities uncertain and CDU in a distant second.

International Business Times UK

Is Germany’s far right AfD about to take over a state government for the first time?

Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt will go to the polls on September 7 to elect a new parliament.

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Zarah Sultana says crisis-hit Your Party is a ‘30-year project’

Zarah Sultana said ‘we’re building a party of the left that can win power and deliver justice’

The Independent UK

Zarah Sultana reveals preference for name of new party

ZARAH Sultana has revealed her preference for the name of the new political party she is launching with Jeremy Corbyn.

The National (Scotland)

Germany to comply with Trump's 5% defence spending target, foreign minister suggests

US President Donald Trump has long demanded that NATO partners spend more on defence. Germany now wants to comply.

Euronews

Friedrich Merz fails to gain enough parliamentary votes to become new German chancellor

Merz was six votes short of an absolute majority needed to become Germany's new Chancellor. A new vote will be held on Tuesday.

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Setback for Merz: AfD ties with CDU/CSU in poll for first time

Many voters seem disappointed with the coalition negotiations carried out so far by the CDU/CSU. According to the latest Sunday Insa poll from Bild, the CDU/CSU has dropped to 24%, now tying with the AfD. This marks an all-time low for the Conservatives.

Euronews

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

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.

Al Jazeera

A far-right party is looking for wins in 2 state elections in eastern Germany

Two state elections in eastern Germany offer the far-right Alternative for Germany the chance to become the strongest party there and could produce painful results for the unpopular national government

The Independent UK

German opposition figure launches a new party that may have potential against the far-right

A high-profile German opposition politician has formally founded a new party that combines left-wing economic policy with a restrictive approach to migration and other positions that some observers believe could help it take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany

The Independent UK

Germany's opposition Left Party to dissolve caucus after prominent member launches rival venture

Germany’s opposition Left Party says it will dissolve its parliamentary caucus next month after prominent member Sahra Wagenknecht broke away to found a new party with a more nationalist, migration-skeptic agenda

The Independent UK

Prominent German leftist to launch a new party that could eat into far-right's support

A prominent German leftist politician has launched plans to form a new party that some observers think could take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany

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German captain in a migrant rescue standoff will run for the European Parliament

The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested in 2019 for docking in an Italian port without authorization has been presented as one of a struggling German left-wing party’s top candidates for next year’s European Parliament election

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