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AfD Tops Another State as CDU Collapses, Deepening Pressure on Chancellor Merz

The votes threaten coalition stability and, with the CDU weakened, make passage of Merz's pro-growth reforms more difficult to deliver.

AfD Wins Northeast State as Die Linke Tops Berlin and Merz’s CDU Collapses

Merz Faces Leadership Test as AfD Surges in Two State Elections

AfD Wins Saxony‑Anhalt Election but Falls Short of Absolute Majority

AfD Wins Largest Vote Share in Saxony‑Anhalt but Falls Short of Majority

AfD Wins Plurality in Saxony‑Anhalt Election, Falls Three Seats Short of Majority

AfD Tops Saxony‑Anhalt Vote in Exit Polls, Nears First Postwar State Power

AfD Poised to Be Saxony‑Anhalt’s Strongest Party Ahead of Sept. 6 Vote

Merz Faces Backlash After Chaotic Cabinet Shuffle

Merz Reshuffles Top Posts, Names Warken, Frei and Linnemann

Merz Tells U.S. to Stay Out as He Appeals Directly to AfD Voters

Russia-Linked Disinformation Networks Target German Voters and Appear to Spare the AfD Ahead of September Votes

Campact Raises €2.5 Million to Counter AfD in Eastern State Elections

AfD Reelects Co‑Leaders in Heavily Policed Erfurt Congress After Mass Protests

Anti-Fascist Protests Fail to Stop AfD Congress in Erfurt

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Posts Record Western Surge

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Reaches Record 20% in West

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, AfD Surges as Grand Coalition Likely

Greens Edge CDU in Baden-Württemberg Projections, Özdemir Poised to Lead

Greens Edge CDU in Baden‑Württemberg as AfD Surges in First Test of Germany’s Superwahljahr