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Who Is Ulrich Siegmund? 35-Year-Old AfD Leader Who Used East German Mopeds to Win Voters

Ulrich Siegmund's AfD achieved a historic win in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote. Despite the victory, forming a government remains challenging due to lack of cooperation from other parties.

International Business Times UK

Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD eyes first state government since the Nazi Party

Thousands of people took to the streets across Germany after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded its strongest-ever result in a state election, raising fears that the party could make further gains in upcoming polls in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The Times of India

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv books in 1,000 Patriots as UK and EU open up missile aid

Germany ‘urgently’ sending PAC-2 interceptors from its stockpile and urges other countries to do the same. What we know on day 1,659

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From Bogotá to Magdeburg: What Actually Connects Seven Right-Wing Wins, Country by Country

From Ecuador to Germany, the right has won seven elections in two and a half years. Analysts are split on whether it's one wave or separate stories.

Latin Times

'Turning blind eye' to AfD win further angers voters, political scientist warns

Chancellor Merz's government must recognise the far-right AfD's victory in Saxony-Anhalt and voter discontent that led to the win, or further cement its downfall, an expert on East German politics warned.

Euronews

Anti-AfD protests sweep Germany as far right closes in on two more states

Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory

The Guardian - UK

Police arrest suspect in Germany power grid attacks after dayslong search

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a series of attacks on power distribution systems across Germany

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Nicaragua tells top UN court Germany is violating international law by selling weapons to Israel

Nicaragua has accused Germany of breaching the Genocide Convention by selling weapons to Israel that were used in Gaza

The Independent UK

Brussels Airport reconnects to Europe’s high-speed rail network after more than 10 years

Belgium’s largest airport is back on Europe’s high-speed rail map after more than a decade, with a new Deutsche Bahn service connecting Brussels Airport with Cologne and Antwerp.

Euronews

German exports fall for first time in five months, deepening recovery fears

Germany's export engine is sputtering. Shipments fell in July for the first time in five months, as weaker demand from China and the eurozone outweighed a rebound in US trade.

Euronews

Global Market: Eurozone bond yields hold near multi-year highs as markets await ECB decision

Eurozone bond yields remained near multi-year highs as investors assessed rising energy costs, German political uncertainty and Japan’s market volatility ahead of Thursday’s ECB meeting. Germany’s 10-year yield hovered around 3.38%, near a 15-year peak. Higher oil and gas prices could fuel inflation, complicating expectations for the ECB’s future policy…

The Economic Times

Global Market: European shares slip as oil surge fuels inflation fears; Novartis plunges

European shares slipped as surging oil prices raised inflation concerns amid escalating Middle East tensions and threats to Gulf energy infrastructure. The STOXX 600 fell 0.2%, while Germany and France declined. Novartis plunged after a second drug trial setback, whereas Sandoz gained on ambitious long-term growth targets. Investors monitored energy…

The Economic Times

AfD surge in Germany exposes deep divisions on the Italian right

A landslide win for Germany's AfD has forced Italy's right-wing leaders into the open, revealing sharply different views on Russia, Ukraine and how far the political mainstream should go in engaging with Europe's rising far right.

Euronews

Global Market: Eurozone investor sentiment hits four-year high in September

Eurozone investor sentiment rose to a more than four-year high in September, with the Sentix index climbing to 5.1 as both current conditions and economic expectations improved. Germany also recorded a sharp recovery, strengthening optimism around the region’s growth outlook.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz: The sick man of Germany?

Good morning. Angela Skujins here, penning this newsletter, where an election in the German region of Saxony-Anhalt — an area unknown to many before Monday — is serving as a dark omen for the country’s embattled leader, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Euronews

Rethinking drone warfare: Germany's military needs more than new technology

Ukraine is relying on hundreds of thousands of drones in the war and constantly upgrading its systems. The Bundeswehr is also rearming, but still has ground to make up in procurement, training and adaptation.

The Guardian - UK

‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-Anhalt

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What happens next after Germany’s far-right breakthrough?

In today’s newsletter: The AfD’s local election triumph has shocked Europe, and raised questions about how to counter the rising far right

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Europe’s fighter jet plans are in disarray. What happens next?

While the UK and Italy are making progress, France and Germany’s joint venture came to nothing, and the prospect of more countries pulling together seems way off

The Guardian - UK

Friedrich Merz is now on borrowed time. But that’s not why the AfD’s triumph is seismic

The anti-fascist consensus about our Nazi past is fundamental to German democracy. But that, shockingly, is being shattered, says Jörg Lau, an international correspondent for the German weekly Die Zeit

The Times of India

Germany turned apartment balconies into tiny solar power plants with 550,000 systems

Germany’s balcony solar boom is giving apartment renters a new way to generate electricity without owning a house or installing rooftop panels. Compact systems costing around €500 can be attached to balconies and plugged into household circuits. By 2024, more than 550,000 systems had been recorded, helped by simpler rules,…

International Business Times UK

Who Is Alice Weidel? Lesbian AfD Leader Lives With Her Family in Switzerland as Party Opposing Gay Adoption Wins Saxony-Anhalt

The AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt highlights the contradictions in co-leader Alice Weidel's life, as her personal choices clash with the party's traditional values.

France 24

Only the beginning? German far right's breakthrough shakes Europe to its core

The result was not enough to win outright, but certainly enough to shake Germany and Europe to their core: the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) trounced the ruling conservatives in the impoverished former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt in Sunday's election. We ask about the consequences of voting for an…

The Guardian - UK

German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-Anhalt

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the far right’s real weapon: it is the politics of powerlessness

Editorial: From Dover to Saxony-Anhalt, extremists thrive when voters believe established parties can no longer deliver security, prosperity or meaningful change

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