Germany Election 2025: What to Watch For
What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.
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Germany Election Votes Are Cast. What Happens Now?
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German federal election 2025: what’s at stake?
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‘Our neighbours are daring to choose fascism again’: Germany’s election leaves many fearing what lies ahead
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Germany’s watershed election
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The Meaning of Germany’s Election
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5 Takeaways From Germany’s Election
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The Latest: Polls open in Germany in crucial general election
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Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’
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Five takeaways from Germany’s historic election — in charts
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Germany’s election leaves its industrial champions dangling
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German election aftermath: What happens after Sunday?
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What the German election result means for Europe
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Germany has voted. But what kind of government will it have?
The country faces weeks or even months of coalition negotiations after no party won a majority. It has been a extraordinary election in Germany, and the result has been keenly awaited around the ...The Guardian - 20h -
Katya Adler: Far right looks for breakthrough in Germany's election
The AfD party could become the second biggest in the German parliament after elections on Sunday.BBC News - 3d -
Polls point to Germany's looming election bringing a shift to the right
While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of Europe's biggest economy.CBS News - 2d -
LGBTQ+ community in Germany rally against rise of far right ahead of elections
Community grapples with fear over ‘proliferation and normalisation of anti-queer and anti-trans sentiment in politics and the media’. They poured on to streets across Germany by the thousands, ...The Guardian - 2d -
Final push for votes in Germany election as frontrunner vows to lead in Europe
Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.BBC News - 2d -
Immigration and an ailing economy dominate Germany’s election as far right eyes gains
The world’s third largest economy goes to the polls Sunday under the shadow of unusually brusque interventions from the Trump administration in support of the anti-immigration far-right.NBC News - 2d -
Shocked by Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany’s Election
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Conservatives win Germany election as far-right sees strong showing
Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest showing of the far-right since World War II.CBS News - 19h -
How Germany's far-right party gained ground during elections
Mainstream conservatives won Germany's national election. This comes as the AfD, the country's far-right party, gained momentum among voters. CBS News' Holly Williams reports.CBS News - 2h -
Germany election: far right surge is ‘last warning’, says Friedrich Merz
Leader of victorious conservative alliance says centrist parties must work together to provide effective leadership. German election live – latest updates The doubling of support for the far ...The Guardian - 2h -
How TikTok Helped Germany’s Left to a Surprise Election Showing
Struggling a month ago, the far-left Die Linke party surged into Parliament by riding a backlash against conservative immigration policy.The New York Times - 1h -
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Voting begins in high-stakes German election watched closely by Europe and US
Conservative Friedrich Merz is expected to win, but the far-right AfD is set for a strong second place.BBC News - 1d -
German elections: When are they, what’s being decided and how that will impact markets
The election for the 630-seat Bundestag is taking place on Sunday, Feb. 23. It’s happening seven months early after a snap election was agreed.MarketWatch - 3d -
A former BlackRock exec is set to lead Germany. What analysts expect now.
Election results suggest a government could be formed between the main center-right and center-left parties.MarketWatch - 4h -
German Election 2025: Friedrich Merz Appears Poised to Be Next Chancellor
The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to President Trump’s reshuffling of alliances.The New York Times - 10h -
Germany’s election will usher in new leadership — but might not turn tides for the country's struggling economy
Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian Democratic Union would fare much better.CNBC - 3d -
Germany's conservatives win election as far-right AfD leaps to second place, exit polls show
The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election, exit polls show.CNBC - 15h -
Germany's conservatives aim sharp words at Washington after beating far right in elections
Germany woke Monday after an election in which the center-right conservatives won the most votes but far-right nationalists surged to huge gains causing dismay.NBC News - 4h -
The biggest takeaways from Germany's election, which will bring change to the EU's leading power
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s electionABC News - 3h -
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany's top job after election?
Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leaderABC News - 2h -
Here's what a $70,000 HELOC costs monthly in 2025
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What's the gold price outlook for the rest of 2025?
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MLS 2025 Season kickoff: How to watch Inter Miami vs. NYC
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How to watch the 2025 SAG Awards and everything else you need to know
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