A Far-Right Win Puts New Pressure On Germany’s Leader

Germany's Merz 'deeply shocked' at far-right election win, doubles down on unpopular agenda

After AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, the chancellor says reform "determination is unbroken," even as his party lost half its support.

A Far-Right Win Puts New Pressure On Germany’s Leader

“A far-right electoral victory in a small eastern state has plunged Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, into a fight for his political survival with no surefire paths to prevail,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Merz was not on the ballot in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, won […]

Far-right win leaves Germany's Chancellor Merz shaken

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out working with the Alternative for Germany on Monday after the far-right party surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, but he conceded the result had shaken his party "to its very…

Far-right election win leaves Germany's leader Merz shaken

Germany's leader ruled out working with the far-right Alternative for Germany party but he conceded the result had shaken his party "to its very foundations".