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Germany's Left Party made its big election comeback

Analysis-Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled by its increasingly tough stance on migration, however, he cast his vote on Sunday for the far-left Left Party.

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How Germany's Left Party made its big election comeback

The shooting star of the 2025 election was undoubtedly the Left Party. shouted Left Party co-leader Jan van Aken to the cheering crowd at the election party in Berlin as the projected election results rolled in.

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Center-right party wins Germany’s election as far-right doubles its support

The man poised to become Germany's next chancellor accused President Trump of being indifferent to Europe’s plight and blasted Washington’s interference in the general election. Friedrich Merz has begun work at trying to forge a governing coalition,

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Germany's resurgent Left Party will vote against defence fund, says leader

Germany's Left Party will vote against a special fund for increased military spending in the next legislature, party leader Ines Schwerdtner said on Tuesday. "There will be no votes from Die Linke (The Left) in favour of this new special fund for defence,

Merz poised to lead Germany

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Germany's Merz will push up debt with help of left, says AfD leader

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, said Germany's likely next chancellor would be held hostage by left-wing parties that would seek to loosen tough fiscal rules.

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The Latest: Opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s headed to form Germany's next government

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party.

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How will Germany’s Friedrich Merz build his coalition government?

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz spent the past two months excoriating the country’s Social Democrats — blaming them for a stagnating economy, uncontrolled illegal migration and the rise of the far-right.

The far right just made huge gains in a country once seen as a climate champion. It’s a pattern happening across the world

Populist far-right parties are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream, bringing their climate skepticism with ...

How TikTok Helped the Far Left Surprise in Germany

Struggling a month ago, the Die Linke party surged into Parliament by riding a backlash against conservative immigration policy.

Germany's AfD, Left win enough seats to block changes to debt brake

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, enough to block a loosening of Germany's debt brake - a mechanism some ...

Here are the key positions of Germany’s likely coalition parties

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany’s top job after election?

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

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Germany’s New Chancellor Must Do the Unthinkable

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

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Germany’s Left comes back from the dead

BERLIN ― Germany’s far-left Die Linke party ― or The Left ― was struggling with declining support for years. So when its star politician, Sahra Wagenknecht, broke away at the end of 2023 to ...

Germany’s election result cements a shift to the right in Europe

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

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