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Alice Weidel

The chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel has long depicted herself as the more moderate face of her party. But Weidel, an economist by trade who formerly worked for Goldman Sachs, has successfully united the party, including its most extreme factions, behind her candidacy, and the AfD is poised to have its best performance in a federal election since its founding in 2013.
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Musk congratulates far-right Weidel for coming 2nd in German election

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was also pleased to see the Alternative for Germany’s vote share growing.

February 24, 2025 2:48 pm CET

Wahl ‘25: Merz gewinnt, Klingbeil greift die Macht

Gordon Repinski analysiert am heutigen Morgen nach dem Wahltag die Ergebnisse zusammen mit Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um …

February 24, 2025 5:47 am CET

German election 2025: The winners and losers

The conservative CDU is celebrating (somewhat), the center-left SPD is reeling and the far-right AfD is making history. Here’s our analysis.

February 24, 2025 4:01 am CET

The inside story of how 31 days made Merz chancellor — and changed Germany forever

Based on more than a dozen interviews in the final weeks of the German election campaign, POLITICO tells the story of how violence and migration shaped one of the most momentous votes in the country’s postwar history.

February 24, 2025 4:01 am CET

Alice Weidel’s moment has arrived

One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.

February 23, 2025 10:16 pm CET

German election 2025: Conservatives projected to win, AfD in second

The election results are in and conservative leader Friedrich Merz has declared victory, based on projections that show his alliance far ahead. The AfD came in second …

February 22, 2025 7:00 pm CET

Will Germany’s far-right AfD break through the firewall and take power?

With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a generation for Europe’s most powerful country. 

February 22, 2025 4:04 pm CET

Wahl ’25: Der Blick nach vorn mit Micky Beisenherz

In dieser Extra-Ausgabe spricht Gordon Repinski mit Autor, TV-Moderator und Host des Podcasts Apokalypse & Filterkaffee, Micky Beisenherz, über die zurückliegende Legislaturperiode – vor allem aber auch …

February 21, 2025 5:35 am CET

Friedrich Merz gives women voters the ick

Germany’s likely next chancellor faces a key challenge: winning over women.

February 21, 2025 4:01 am CET

29 times Donald Trump did what Putin wanted 

Whose side is he on? It’s hard to keep up, so here’s a handy guide to America’s new policy of close alignment with the Kremlin.

February 21, 2025 4:01 am CET

Germany votes, Trump attacks, Europe reacts

Europe suddenly has to do it all — all alone, all at once. Still in shock after U.S. President Donald Trump’s unequivocal pivot toward Moscow, European leaders …

February 21, 2025 4:01 am CET

Is Germany’s far right really attracting Jewish voters?

The AfD casts itself as an attractive option for Jews worried about Muslim migration. Germany’s main Jewish group isn’t buying it.

February 21, 2025 4:00 am CET
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How Germany’s far right is harnessing AI to win votes

Artificially generated clips serve as “nostalgia machines and emotional cliché amplifiers” ahead of Feb. 23 election.

February 20, 2025 5:30 pm CET

Die Quadrell-Analyse: Merz lächelt, Scholz wütet

– Erstmals Viererrunde vor der Wahl: Wie das Quadrell lief. – Gipfel nach der Sicherheitskonferenz: Zu welchen Lösungen die EU-Regierungschefs heute in Paris kommen könnten, damit die …

February 17, 2025 5:35 am CET

Scholz slams Vance’s support for far right as ‘interference’ by ‘outsiders’

‘We will decide for ourselves what happens to our democracy,’ German chancellor tells the U.S.

February 15, 2025 11:59 am CET

JD Vance meets with leader of far-right German political party backed by Musk

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties — including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.

February 14, 2025 10:13 pm CET

German prosecutors confirm Islamic extremism in Munich attack, stoking election debate

A suspected Islamist attack in Munich has ignited fierce political debate on security and migration just over a week before Germany’s federal election.

February 14, 2025 1:34 pm CET

Musk will face consequences for interfering in German election, says front-runner Merz

The next German government’s response could be political, legal, or possibly target Musk’s gigafactory near Berlin, center-right leader says in interview.

February 14, 2025 12:53 pm CET

Munich car attack jolts German election as politicians amp up migration rhetoric

Likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for tougher law and order, saying “Something has to change.”

February 13, 2025 3:20 pm CET

Assaults stoke fear among Germany’s migrants

In the wake of an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, migrants in the city are being targeted by right-wing extremists.

February 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

German far right wants to join forces with Orbán to dismantle EU from within

Alternative for Germany seeks international friends and legitimacy ahead of upcoming national election.

February 12, 2025 3:16 pm CET

How to watch the German election like a pro

Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.

February 12, 2025 4:00 am CET

Weidel bei Orbán: Was will die AfD in der Außenpolitik?

– Alice Weidel in Budapest: wie die AfD-Chefin und Ungarns Regierungschef den Schulterschluss üben. – Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Gerold Otten, AfD-Abgeordneter und Mitglied im Verteidigungsausschuss zur Ukraine- und …

February 11, 2025 6:25 am CET

Looking at Trump, Europe’s far right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent

“Our friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán tells far-right rally in Madrid.

February 8, 2025 7:34 pm CET
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