AfD, Germany and Merz
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Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) may not have won the supermajority it sought in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, but the far-right party did take another giant step toward power in a country whose postwar democracy was designed to prevent the return of right-wing extremism.
The AfD may not end up controlling Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state despite a landslide election victory, but the far-right party's "dream result" sends a clear message.
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research, a respected think-tank, has raised its growth forecast for the whole year from 0.8% to 1.4%. Two other similarly august outfits, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and RWI,
Germany's government is moving toward abolishing the country's tax exemption for crypto sold after more than one year. The preferred government model would reportedly
German intelligence has concluded that an explosive-laden drone was linked to Russia. Officials promise consequences.
President Trump used a call to restore German greatness Tuesday to celebrate a far-right party that others have denounced as antisemitic. Why it matters: Trump promoting the AfD, or Alternative for Germany,
A blowout win by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a state election has revealed a split among voters about whether to uphold a decades-old strategy for sidelining extremists.