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  • Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz duirng the German federal election evenig at CDU headquarters in Berlin, Germany on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Politics

    Fresh from German electoral victory, Friedrich Merz says Europe must build up its own defenses—’the world isn’t waiting for us’

    By Frank Zeller and AFP
  • MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 22: Alexander Dobrind (L), chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag and Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU chancellor candidate and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) clap hands at the Loewenbraeukeller beer hall at the final CDU/CSU campaign rally head of German elections on February 22, 2025 in Munich, Germany. Germany is scheduled to hold snap federal paliamentary elections tomorrow. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)Politics

    A major shift to the right in Germany as conservatives win elections, followed by far-right AfD in second place

    By Frank Zeller, Sebastien Ash, and others
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