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Friedrich Merz
Europe

German leaders miscalculated popular will for war spending

Polls show a backlash and a surge behind AfD platform for ending the Ukraine war sooner

Friedrich Merz
Europe

Trump’s February surprise roils German elections

Frontrunner Friedrich Merz seems to gave gotten the wake up call about Washington's policy shift on Ukraine sooner than his rivals

Anti-war sentiment has Germany's major parties on the run
Europe

Anti-war sentiment has Germany's major parties on the run

Populist challenge to Ukraine policy not quelled as SPD squeaks by in party stronghold of Brandenburg

Populist surge in Germany driven in part by war, economic backlash
Europe

Populist surge in Germany driven in part by war, economic backlash

Far-right AfD and left-right upstart BSW upend the status quo in two states. But what does it mean nationally?

Germany gets a new antiwar party, this time on the left
Europe

Germany gets a new antiwar party, this time on the left

Its appeal depends largely on whether voters agree that Berlin's economic woes can be blamed on the country's Ukraine war policy.