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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives are on course for their worst-ever performance in a state election, exit polls showed on Sunday, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from a state legislature for the first time.
Friedrich Merz clinging to power after Christian Democratic Union loses two state elections
German and Italian radical Right-wing parties formally joined forces on the political stage in the central Italian city of Orvieto, calling for wider unification of Europe’s nationalist factions.
Germany's right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Monday urged "a different approach to peace and diplomacy" for ending the war in Ukraine, calling on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to embark on a visit to Moscow for talks.
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) first place in a state election in northeastern Germany was in large part due to Berlin no longer buying cheap Russian gas and choosing to buy expensive US energy instead.