February 24, 2025

German election update

NBC News - Germany woke today to the aftermath of a bruising election in which the center-right conservatives won the most votes but far-right nationalists posted huge gains, causing dismay in a country deeply wary of its Nazi past. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is under surveillance by German intelligence for suspected far-right extremism, won its largest ever share of the vote after garnering the support of Elon Musk and others in the Trump administration.  The White House’s alleged interference in the run up to the vote sparked unusually fierce criticism from Friedrich Merz, the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union, who will lead coalition talks to form the next government. He said Washington's interventions were "no less dramatic and drastic and ultimately outrageous than the interventions we have seen from Moscow." More

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