Germany in turmoil as Merz fails in chancellor bid: What happens next?

[ad_1] ‘Merz should step aside’: AfD demands fresh elections after failed chancellor vote Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday demanded new general elections after conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to win an outright majority in parliament to become chancellor.Merz secured 310 of the 630 ballots cast in the Bundestag (Germany’s federal parliament), falling […]

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‘Fate loves irony’: Elon Musk, JD Vance defend Germany’s ‘right-wing extremist’ AfD

[ad_1] Elon Musk, AfD leader Alice Weidel and US Vice President JD Vance Tech billionaire Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance have come out in defense of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after it was officially labeled a “proven right-wing extremist organisation” by the country’s Federal Office for the Protection of […]

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