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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Populist AfD Wins Another German State Election as Ruling Party Suffers Historic Defeat.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU has suffered more unprecedented losses in Germany's state elections, raising questions about his leadership as the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) advances.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU has suffered more unprecedented losses in Germany’s state elections , raising questions about his leadership as the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) advances. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD ) party has scored another major state election victory, emerging as the largest party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as Chancellor (Prime Minister) Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU ) suffered a historic defeat. The AfD won around 38.2 percent of the vote, narrowly ahead of the left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPD). The CDU, formerly led by Angela Merkel, fell to just 4.9 percent and failed to clear the five percent threshold required to secure seats in…Open

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AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Far-right AfD wins again as Germany's Merz slides

Germany's ruling center-right party, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union, was shut out of a state parliament for the first time Sunday as the far-right Alternative for Germany scored its second victory this month. Why it matters: The result marks the third state election AfD has won — and its second this month — underscoring its growing strength even as Germany's other major parties refuse to govern with it. Driving the news: Merz, who has low approval ratings, told reporters that "reforms have to come." - AfD won about 38% of the vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the CDU recorded its worst result in any German state election since World War II. The CDU fell from 13% to 4.9% and lost all…

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AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Trump calls to Make Germany Great Again. In Germany, nostalgia carries a dark past.

President Trump used a call to restore German greatness Tuesday to celebrate a far-right party that others have denounced as antisemitic. Why it matters: Trump promoting the AfD, or Alternative for Germany, comes as the nation's political mainstream has spent years keeping the party — which intelligence authorities has classified as extremist — out of power. - The AfD won a record 44% in Saxony-Anhalt's elections, putting Germany within reach of its first far-right state government since World War II. Driving the news: "Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. - He continued: "They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have…

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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Populist AfD Demands Abolition of Politicized Intelligence Agency.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called for the abolition of Germany's domestic intelligence agency.

Alternative for Germany, the leading eurosceptic populist party in Germany, has criticized Germany’s domestic intelligence agency for alleged political bias, calling for its abolition or major reform. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called for the abolition of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. DETAIL: Alice Weidel, leader of the AfD, has declared that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, “should be abolished in its current form or at least fundamentally reformed.” Weidel accused the agency of being used to “monitor and suppress the political opposition” and argued that it should re-focus on preventing threats to…Open

How has the AfD performed in recent German polls compared to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)?
In August of last year, the AfD secured 26 percent of the vote in a poll, which was two percent ahead of the CDU, which had 24 percent. A poll reported this year showed the AfD with a record lead of 8.5 percent.
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What did former BfV chief Hans Georg Maaßen accuse past governments of doing last year?
Hans Georg Maaßen accused past governments of "using domestic intelligence services to suppress opposition."
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On what grounds has the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) labeled the AfD?
The agency has labeled the AfD a "right-wing extremist" organization for their criticisms regarding mass immigration and Islam, as well as other cultural and social issues.
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What specific action has the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party called for regarding Germany's domestic intelligence agency?
The AfD has called for the abolition of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, or at least a major reform, because they claim it is being used to monitor and suppress political opposition.
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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Foreign Nationals Implicated in 53% of Germany’s Gang Rapes.

Newly released data shows that over half of gang rape suspects in Germany in 2025 were identified as foreign nationals.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Newly released government data revealed that 53 percent of gang rape suspects in Germany in 2025 were foreign nationals, with 574 non-German suspects identified. Among the victims, 80 percent were German citizens, raising significant concerns about foreign criminals targeting locals. DETAIL: The statistics reported 751 victims and 574 non-German suspects, with the largest suspect groups coming from Syria , Afghanistan, Iraq, and Turkey . Authorities also recorded 509 German suspects, but, crucially, they do not separately track whether German citizens have a migration background, prompting the Alternative for Germany (AfD ) to call for crime statistics to include that information. AfD lawmaker Stephan Brandner…Open

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Filip Gaspar) - How the German Right Sees Iran

The Alternative for Germany party is rethinking the Western alliance. The post How the German Right Sees Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs How the German Right Sees Iran The Alternative for Germany party is rethinking the Western alliance. The Iran war has become a test for Germany’s strategic independence and economic resilience. Germany, so far, appears to be failing the test. As Germans debate the issue and reconsider past policy choices, no party has seized the moment more deliberately than the Alternative for Germany, now one of the strongest political forces and the clearest nationalist challenge to Berlin’s governing consensus.  The conflict is not simply a distant war in the Middle East, but yet another sign of deeper disorder within the Western alliance. After the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets at the end of February, Tehran…Open

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