Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is projected to win the national election, according to exit polls. The results indicate the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track for its strongest showing since World War II, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are expected to finish in third place.Merz’s centre-right Union bloc (CDU/CSU)…
German politicians are finding it hard to keep up with developments these days: Just over a week ago at the Munich Security Conference, a high-level annual gathering of political leaders and defense specialists, US Vice President JD Vance accused them of censorship and told them to cooperate with the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
Police stand at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, early Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, after a driver plowed into a group of people at the market late Friday. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP) On Friday evening, December 21, a driver rammed a car into a large crowd of revellers at a Christmas market in central Germany,…
