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The AfD won Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Die Linke won Berlin and Merz's CDU fell out of a state parliament. What it means for Germany. The post Germany State Elections: AfD Wins Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Die Linke Takes Berlin appeared first on The Rio Times.
Political shifts in Germany are being watched closely in Europe and beyond, Katya Adler writes.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to keep his ruling coalition of the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD together for the sake of the country's "democratic future", after both the far right and hard left made big gains in Germany's state elections on Sunday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament. According to FRANCE 24 Europe editor Armen Georgian, Merz and his party’s Berlin candidate, Stefan Evers, offered no concrete solutions to address the historic defeat, despite pledging to keep the coalition together in the name of a “democratic future.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD on Sunday night indicated that Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, came in with just 5 per cent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – the lowest result ever since World War II for the party in any state. The...
Explore opportunities for strengthening academic and institutional linkages between higher education institutions in Keralam and those in Germany
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Frankfurt grapples with a rare malaria outbreak tied to air travel, marking three deaths in recent months.
Christian Democratic Union leadership throws its weight behind the chancellor ahead of two state elections this weekend.
US spirits firm Sazerac Co. is exploring a potential acquisition of German schnapps maker Berentzen-Gruppe AG, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his coalition will take action on “price gouging” amid mounting calls to alleviate the burden on German consumers from surging fuel prices.
Germany’s military counter-intelligence agency, known as MAD, has warned of a growing threat from hybrid attacks and the use of recruited contract agents, or low-level agents, saying Germany is a “prioritised target of Russian espionage activities”. According to the agency’s annual report released on Monday, it cited Germany’s geostrategic position in Europe and Nato the expansion of the Bundeswehr and the introduction of new weapons systems as reasons for the heightened targeting. “The hybrid...
Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 Europe Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The ballot. Sweden votes all day in a general election that could put the far-right Sweden Democrats inside a government for the first time; polls close at 20:00, the left bloc at 50.8 per cent against the right's 47.6. The warning light. A week after the AfD won forty-three point eight per cent in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin is still absorbing what the result does to the Merz government. The forecast. Germany's growth outlook for this year has been cut to zero point five per cent from one per cent. The apology. France has issued Washington a statement of regret as the block on its incoming ambassador comes up for release. The donation. Reform UK has received a record donation of thirty-six million pounds. The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
France beat Germany Saturday and made it through to the final of the women's basketball World Cup for the first time after a 86-64 victory. Gabby Williams top scored with 22 points for the Olympic silver medalists, who kept their unbeaten record at the tournament alive before Sunday's decider in Berlin.
While German companies operating in China increasingly view the global expansion of local firms as a chance to collaborate, the window of opportunity is narrowing as Chinese firms quickly adapt, according to a new report. The internalisation of Chinese companies has emerged as the most frequently cited business opportunity for German firms in China, selected by 36 per cent of survey respondents and up from 20 per cent in 2022, according to a report published on Thursday by the German Chamber of...
The symbolic escalation has been initiated by the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Nicaragua maintains that German arms exports to Israel facilitated Gaza genocide as Germany's tries to halt the case.
Germany is seeking to have Nicaragua’s Gaza genocide case thrown out at the International Court of Justice.
UniCredit SpA has acquired a minority stake in German lending markets platform VC Trade as the Italian bank seeks to expand its digital capital markets capabilities in debt transactions.
Nicaragua on Tuesday accused Germany of “multiple violations of international law” at the United Nations top court, as it pressed its case that Berlin was complicit in what it described as genocide in Gaza. The Central American country has dragged Germany to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Berlin of breaching the 1948 UN Genocide Convention with its support, notably arms shipments, for Israel. “Nicaragua invokes Germany’s responsibility in connection to multiple...
The victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt sparked protests across Germany on Monday, as demonstrators called for a united front against the hardline anti-immigrant party. Some protesters call for the party, some of whose members have praised the Nazis, to be banned, but others say AfD's success is a result of a failure of mainstream political parties.
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has established itself as a significant political force in the 13 years since its founding, but it has never been part of any state or federal government. That’s a result of what is often called a “firewall” against cooperation with the anti-immigrant, far-right party. France 24's Philip Turle explains.
Not enough to win outright but enough to shake Germany and Europe to their core: the far-right Alterniv für Deutschland trouncing the ruling conservatives in the impoverished former East German region of Saxony-Anhalt. We’ll ask about the consequences of voting for an anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party that wants schools to teach less about the ills of Hitler and more the glory of Bismarck.
Moscow retaliates after similar move from Berlin last week citing failed drone attack on airport.
The AfD, classified as 'far-right extremist' by Germany's intelligence agency, is projected to come first in 2029.
The far-right AfD's triumph in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt marks a defeat for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and sends a warning to other European leaders battling the same mixture of slow growth and disillusion with mainstream politics. In an increasingly polarized political system, Merz, whose personal approval ratings have sunk to record lows, was one of the main targets of voter ire over the cost of living, pensions and economic insecurity. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at what the AfD’s victory means for the German leader and for Europe.
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) came out well ahead in Sunday’s regional elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, becoming the first far-right party to come close to gaining power at the regional level since World War II. The lead candidate of the party in the state, Ulrich Siegmund, said Monday that his party had already initiated talks towards building a governing majority.