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German election: What to expect and what is at stake as voters head to polls

Election is likely to end with no clear winner with tricky coalition talks

Evening Standard

Germany May Face Long Wait For New Government After Vote

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time.

International Business Times

Alice Weidel, Unlikely Queen Of German Far-right AfD

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to many to lead Germany's far-right and anti-immigration AfD into Sunday's elections.

International Business Times

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Germans Go To Vote Under Shadow Of Far-right Surge, Trump

German voters head to the polls on Sunday, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a far-right surge and the dramatic return of US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

The Independent UK

Germany is in fearful mourning while far-right AfD party surges in polls ahead of election

With the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, residents in Munich tell Tom Watling of the horror of suffering the third suspected terror attack of the country’s election cycle

The Independent UK

Uncertainty grows among refugees and migrants as Germany heads to the polls

Rights groups say migrants and refugees live in an atmosphere of fear amid a far-right resurgence.

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Debt brake: How this fiscal rule could shape Germany’s election

This mechanism, which has been blamed for a lack of investment, has emerged as an important election issue.

Al Jazeera

Heated Immigration Debate Complicates Germany's Search For Workers

Hospital manager Kathrin Leffler says she worries Germany's tense pre-election debate on immigration will make it harder to recruit enough skilled workers from abroad to fill a growing labour shortage.

International Business Times

Conservative Merz Leads Germany's Turbulent Election Race

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a bitterly fought campaign roiled by the rise of the AfD, a far-right party vocally backed by Team Trump.

International Business Times

Germany's Merz Vows Tough Migrant Policy To Stall AfD's Rise

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to restrict immigration and rebuild the economy to ward off the rise of the far-right AfD. In a final head-to-head TV debate with centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz before Sunday's general election, Merz warned…

International Business Times

JD Vance says Germany should work with the far right AfD and not ignore ‘the will of the people’

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been buoyed by support from the Donald Trump administration

The Independent UK

What is the 'firewall' against the far-right Alternative for Germany party?

The anti-immigrant and far-right Alternative for Germany party has established itself as a significant political force in the 12 years since it was founded

The Independent UK

Hungary's Orbán meets head of far-right German party AfD, calling her 'the future of Germany'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right party

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Where support for Germany’s far-right AFD is growing and why – podcast

Germany is holding an election on February 23 and the contest is attracting an unusual amount of attention. That’s because the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) is polling in second place on 20% of the national vote.

The Independent UK

Front-runner in German election says his party will 'never' work with the far right

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will “never” work with it

The Conversation

The far-right is rising at a crucial time in Germany, boosted by Elon Musk

With only a few weeks until Germany’s election, Elon Musk has unambiguously thrown his support behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In a video address to a party rally last week, he appeared to urge Germans to “move on” from any “past guilt” related to the Holocaust.

The Conversation

What happened in the German parliament and why is the far right hailing it as a ‘historic’ moment?

A vote in Germany’s national parliament (Bundestag) has led to fears that the firewall supposedly separating mainstream political parties and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been blown apart.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Disrupt or be disrupted’, mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists

Research shows voters losing faith in traditional centre-left and centre-right to deliver meaningful change

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote

An anti-migration motion brought by the main opposition conservatives – the CDU – was passed with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

International Business Times

Germany's Far-right 'Firewall' Under Strain As Migration Debate Flares

An angry pre-election showdown on immigration flared in Germany's parliament Wednesday as the conservative opposition said it would accept support from lawmakers of the far-right AfD, breaching a long-standing taboo.

The Independent UK

Scholz's challenger brings tough migration plans to German parliament, faces blowback on far right

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger in Germany’s upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament

The Independent UK

Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker spills over into an election campaign in which he is the front-runner

International Business Times

Trump's Return Darkens Mood As Germany Heads To Elections

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake the foundations on which Europe's biggest economy built its post-war prosperity.

International Business Times

German Far Right Emboldened By Austria

Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's far-right AfD is hoping for a further boost from the success of the far right in neighbouring Austria.

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