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            <title><![CDATA[Bärbel Bas Resigns as SPD Leader and Labour Minister, Dealing New Setback to Merz]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the leaders of the German Social Democrats (SPD) has resigned with immediate effect, marking a new setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson wants to try to form government, but SD role remains unclear]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[S-leader Magdalena Andersson has given up her attempts to form a government, and the task is now expected to go to M-leader Ulf Kristersson. In that case, he wants to try to bring five parties together around a common economic policy, he told TT on Sunday. It is not certain that the Sweden Democrats would then have a place in the government.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:30:14 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[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[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[EU summit clash over who should control foreign policy reform]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU's foreign policy should become both tougher and faster. The only question is who will decide. The hot battle is causing a stir in Brussels.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:33:51 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>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/farright-afd-wins-largest-share-in-saxonyanhalt-state-election-exit-poll-shows</link>
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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[Germany faces criticism over Berlin Pride attack suspect’s release before attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After this weekend's attack on a Pride event in Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is promising "consequences." Criticism is growing of the authorities' and judiciary's handling of the suspected perpetrator in this weekend's attack on a Pride event in Berlin.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top German politician Jens Spahn resigns after surrogacy criticism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former German Health Minister Jens Spahn is resigning after receiving massive criticism for becoming a parent through surrogacy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:54:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German ex-minister Jens Spahn faces criticism over surrogacy child]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Christian Democratic Health Minister Jens Spahn is facing harsh criticism after becoming a parent through surrogacy, despite the practice being banned in Germany.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democracy's last bullet in Germany - can Merz deliver?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democracy's last bullet in Germany - can Merz deliver?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz praised Kristersson and the Swedish beer decision]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz to attend Moderate Party's Sweden meeting in Stockholm]]></title>
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