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Germany Temporarily Lifts Extremist Label on AfD

The German intelligence service is withdrawing its fresh extremist label of the high-nationalist AfD, reports Politico. At least temporarily.

Germany Temporarily Lifts Extremist Label on AfD

Germany Orders Border Police to Reject Paperless Asylum Seekers

Germany's new government orders the border police to reject paperless migrants, including asylum seekers, announces Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. Switzerland reacts negatively to the extended border surveillance.

Germany Orders Border Police to Reject Paperless Asylum Seekers

Friedrich Merz Elected German Chancellor, Celebrates with Cabinet Meeting and Beer

The Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's new Chancellor, after the fiasco when he did not get enough votes in a first ballot. What a day it has been, says Merz who later in the evening can look forward to both a cabinet meeting and a well-chilled beer.

Friedrich Merz Elected German Chancellor, Celebrates with Cabinet Meeting and Beer

AFD Challenges Extremist Label in German Court

High Nationalist Alternative for Germany, which became the second largest in the German election in February, is dissatisfied with the label "confirmed right-wing extremist". Now the xenophobic and Russia-friendly party is taking the German Constitutional Protection (BFV) to court.

AFD Challenges Extremist Label in German Court

Germany and USA Clash Over AFD's Right-Wing Extremism Label

The USA's Vice President JD Vance accuses Germany of having "built a new Berlin Wall" – after the country's intelligence agency classified the high nationalist party Alternative for Germany (AFD) as right-wing extremist. "This is democracy", responds the German Foreign Ministry on X.

Germany and USA Clash Over AFD's Right-Wing Extremism Label

German Security Service Labels AFD as Far-Right Extremist

The German constitutional protection agency classifies the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AFD), which in several recent opinion polls has around 25 percent voter support, as right-wing extremist. .

German Security Service Labels AFD as Far-Right Extremist

Folksam Divests Tesla Shares Over Swedish Labor Dispute

The insurance giant Folksam sells its entire holding in the electric car company Tesla. The reason: The company's labor dispute in Sweden where Folksam tried to influence Tesla – but to no avail.

Folksam Divests Tesla Shares Over Swedish Labor Dispute

Tesla's Sales Dive in Germany, Soar in the UK: What's Behind It?

Tesla's sales plummeted by 76 percent in Germany in February compared to the same month last year. But in the UK, sales increased.

Tesla's Sales Dive in Germany, Soar in the UK: What's Behind It?

Tesla is shunned by Swedish companies

The resistance against the car manufacturer Tesla and CEO Elon Musk is spreading. Tesla is also losing ground on the leasing market.

Tesla is shunned by Swedish companies

The Left Party leader on USA boycotts: It will be felt

That protest groups pop up in social media, urging a boycott of goods from the USA, Vänsterledaren Nooshi Dadgostar believes can have a visible effect. If you make Europe's consumers angry, it will cost, she says.

The Left Party leader on USA boycotts: It will be felt

Banned AFD top candidate becomes MP

Maximilian Krah, who was previously banned as an EU parliamentarian for high-nationalist AfD, will take a seat in the German federal parliament for the party. .

Banned AFD top candidate becomes MP

Tesla's sales plummet - just like the stock price

The electric car company Tesla's share is plummeting on the stock exchange since sales in Europe stalled. In January, only 9,945 cars were sold, almost a halving compared to last year.

Tesla's sales plummet - just like the stock price

Musk: Time issue before AFD wins

The Far-Right Party AFD achieved great successes in Sunday's German election. Friedrich Merz, who is likely to become the country's next Chancellor, calls the right-wing extremist upswing "the last warning" to other parties.

Musk: Time issue before AFD wins

Expert: Only One Coalition Possible for Merz

After the German election, a government formation is awaited where the second-largest party is excluded from the negotiations. Actually, there is only one coalition on the table, says German political science professor Thomas Sommerer.

Expert: Only One Coalition Possible for Merz

Power Shift in Germany: "Now We Must Take Our Place"

The votes are counted and Germany's next Chancellor will most likely be Friedrich Merz. The far-right party AFD became the second largest – and now Merz faces tough government negotiations.

Power Shift in Germany: "Now We Must Take Our Place"

Merz: The Trump Administration Doesn't Care About Europe

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to unite Europe to achieve greater independence from a USA governed by Donald Trump. "For me, it is an absolute priority to strengthen Europe as soon as possible," he says in German TV.

Merz: The Trump Administration Doesn't Care About Europe

Kristersson looks forward to cooperation with Germany

The Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson looks forward to cooperating with Germany's new government for a safer Europe. .

Kristersson looks forward to cooperation with Germany

Expert: Merz won but underperformed

The Germans have cast their votes and as expected, the Christian Democratic CDU/CSU appears to be the largest party with Friedrich Merz as the new Federal Chancellor. But it didn't go as well as the party had hoped, according to political scientist Maria Thürk.

Expert: Merz won but underperformed

Power Shift in Germany: "The World is Not Waiting"

Government shift awaits in Germany and the next Chancellor is likely to be named Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. The leader of the Social Democrats, Olaf Scholz, says that he personally will not participate in the next government.

Power Shift in Germany: "The World is Not Waiting"

German Voter: Most Important That AFD Doesn't Get to Govern

With hours to go before the polling stations close in Germany, voters' nerves are on edge. Several Berliners TT has spoken to highlight the high-nationalist AfD's success in the opinion polls as alarming.

German Voter: Most Important That AFD Doesn't Get to Govern

The Murder of Yannis, 2, Can Decide the German Election

A deadly knife attack on defenseless preschool children casts a dark shadow over the German election. The hair-raising deed in Aschaffenburg – with a mentally ill perpetrator from Afghanistan – has made the migration issue red-hot in the election campaign.

The Murder of Yannis, 2, Can Decide the German Election

Germany: Russian influence campaign against voters

Germany warns, two days before the re-election, of Russian interference in the election campaign. .

Germany: Russian influence campaign against voters

Merz: Last chance to stop the far-right

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz faced each other on Wednesday in the last TV debate before the German election. And much was about immigration and the far-right.

Merz: Last chance to stop the far-right

The backlash shakes up the German election: "Unacceptable"

The days leading up to the German election on Sunday are expected to be dominated by the debate about alleged US interference. I will not let an American vice president tell me who I can talk to here in Germany, says Friedrich Merz, the favourite to win and CDU leader.

The backlash shakes up the German election: "Unacceptable"