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            <title><![CDATA[German parties AfD and Die Linke want Russia to compete at Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The German parties AfD and Die Linke want Russia to be allowed to compete in the Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany this spring. Russian athletes should be granted visas, says AfD’s Jörn König, according to Bild.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:05:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AfD’s Tobias Rausch Becomes First Far-Right State Parliament President in Germany Since World War II]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The German far-right AfD gets its first state parliament presidency as 35-year-old Tobias Rausch takes over in Saxony-Anhalt.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:27:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German AfD surge makes a Tidö-style deal unlikely in Germany]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Alternative for Germany continues to grow and the ruling Christian Democrats are shrinking - but a German Tidö Agreement is not currently in the cards. In some places, the other parties may need to make common cause to keep the far right out. All against one.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:16:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz promises reforms after disastrous German state election results]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This weekend's two German state elections were "catastrophic," according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. But he will not leave his post, promising to keep the governing coalition together for Germany's "democratic future."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Berlin swings left as Merz’s CDU faces historic setback in regional votes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The left-wing party Die Linke is making gains in Berlin. The far-right AfD is set to become the largest party in the former East German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU appears likely to fail to enter a regional parliament for the first time.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz under pressure as AfD gains and state elections loom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 04:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klopp on AfD victory: I want to reclaim the flag for Germany]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jürgen Klopp is not only thinking about winning football matches for Germany. The new head coach also wants to ensure that "national pride is not handed over to the wrong people," following the victory of the far-right AfD party in the state elections.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tens of thousands protest against far-right AfD after Saxony-Anhalt election win]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people protested on Saturday against the far-right AfD party, which won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, last weekend.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz says AfD’s remigration calls amount to ethnic cleansing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is attacking the far-right AfD party, which won almost 44 percent in Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:23:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump praises AfD’s election success in Saxony-Anhalt]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump is praising the AfD's electoral success in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. "Wow! The German populist party just had a really big night," he writes on Truth Social.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:34:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz deeply shocked after AfD landslide in Saxony-Anhalt state election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor expresses shock after far-right AfD party's landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt state election. "We didn't expect this," says Friedrich Merz.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:59:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt could hit Ukrainian refugees and eastern transport routes, Germany fears]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The far-right AfD party, which won the election in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state, has promised to reduce support for Ukrainian refugees. The country’s authorities fear that the new government could hamper important transport routes to the east.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:10:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expert: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt is a huge symbolic breakthrough]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The German far-right party AfD's landslide victory in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt is also making a big impact nationally. "It's a huge thing symbolically," political science professor Ann-Kristin Kölln tells TT. Now a tricky government formation awaits in the federal state.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:34:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Far-right AfD wins landslide in Saxony-Anhalt election, falls short of majority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AfD Landslide in Saxony-Anhalt Sends Shockwaves Through German Politics, Expert Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The German far-right AfD's landslide victory in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt is also having a major impact nationally. It's a huge symbolic thing, says political science professor Ann-Kristin Kölln to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AfD becomes largest party in Saxony-Anhalt election, but falls short of majority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:01:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AfD’s Ulrich Siegmund eyes historic majority in Saxony-Anhalt election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He wants to scrap public service, improve relations with Russia and launch a large-scale deportation campaign. With the AfD's Ulrich Siegmund, one of Europe's most extreme far-right parties could win its own majority in a German state parliament - for the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic in 1949.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thousands rally for democracy in Germany ahead of Saxony-Anhalt election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The day before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, thousands of Germans showed their support for democracy and concern that the far right could take power in the state.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition government are cutting taxes for low-income earners, with the richest paying more. The measure is intended to counter the appeal of the far-right nationalist AfD.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drones at Putin's Davos - attack on oil terminal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Black smoke rises from the oil terminal in St. Petersburg. The Ukrainian attack coincides with the start of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, where the United States is participating for the first time in almost a decade. The attack has been described as an embarrassment for Russian President Vladimir Putin.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Narrow lead for the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg state election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Green Party is narrowly ahead of the ruling CDU in the economically important state of Baden-Württemberg, according to initial vote counts. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is gaining support, while the Social Democrats appear to have been halved to just over five percent.]]></description>
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