Friedrich Merz is losing a record number of voters to the far right. To shore up support, he is promising to lower gasoline prices - but the question is whether that will be enough to keep the chancellor in power. Two state elections on Sunday could bring matters to a head.
World politicsTens of thousands of people protested on Saturday against the far-right AfD party, which won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, last weekend.
World politicsThe German far-right AfD party has become the largest party in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, but without an outright majority. "We have made history," says Ulrich Siegmund, the party's top candidate in the state, on the ARD television channel.
World politicsThe German far-right AfD party has become the largest party in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, but without winning an outright majority. "We have made history," says Ulrich Siegmund, the party's top candidate in the state, on ARD television.
World politicsTens of thousands of protesters are trying to disrupt the Alternative for Germany (AfD) congress in Erfurt on Saturday, where the party re-elected its leaders.
World politicsBrazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is not allowed to leave Brazil and travel to the USA for the ceremony when Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Monday.
World politicsThe Far-Right Party AFD appears to be becoming the largest party in the German state of Thüringen after Sunday's state election, according to exit polls. A historic success, says the party's co-chair Alice Weidel in a statement.
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