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Take your seats, please: Germany's parliament chamber is rearranged to reflect voters' verdict

German voters have had their say

The Independent UK

How every German MP voted on reforming the debt brake

German MPs have voted to pass a motion to loosen the country’s strict borrowing rules, altering the constitution. The measure had been proposed by Friedrich Merz, the presumptive incoming chancellor, in the outgoing Bundestag, or federal parliament

The Guardian - UK

German MPs approve €500bn spending boost to counter ‘Putin’s war of aggression’

Historic levels of spending on military and infrastructure secured in Bundestag with last-minute backing of Greens

The Guardian - UK

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Germany's parliament passes historic package boosting defence spending

Friedrich Merz needed the support of two-thirds majority in parliament for his plan to unlock billions for defence and infrastructure spending.

Euronews

Germany's likely next leader seeks approval for huge defense and infrastructure package

Germany’s would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking infrastructure

The Independent UK

Bundestag prepares to vote on historic borrowing package in key test for Merz

Likely next chancellor needs two-thirds majority to back €500bn infrastructure fund and relaxation of debt rules

The Guardian - UK

From London to Lviv: how Trump’s new world order has shaken Europe

At each stop on 1,000-mile trip, discombobulated Europeans are grappling with new and unsettling realities as the US reforges its alliances

The Guardian - UK

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‘Germany is back’: Merz secures Greens’ support for defence spend boost

Backing of Greens is tantamount to approval of chancellor-in-waiting’s proposal to relax debt brake

The Guardian - UK

Merz presses Greens to name their terms for German defence spending rise

‘What more do you want from us?’ asks chancellor-in-waiting as he seeks urgent support for fiscal rule changes

The Guardian - UK

American severance may be averted, but Europe’s leaders must fear the worst

Head-spinning speed of events leaves EU adapting at pace while trying to infer Trump’s possible geo-strategic aims

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Merz’s U-turn on debt: Germany responds to the signs of the times

Editorial: The chancellor-elect’s proposals for gamechanging spending on defence and infrastructure are the right response to a new era

The Guardian - UK

‘We will be a loud voice’: Leftist leader Reichinnek woos young Germans

The Die Linke star behind the party’s rise in recent elections says there is ‘real momentum for progressive politics’.

Al Jazeera

German parliament in race against time to sign off on new defence fund

Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor, has spoken of urgent need for ramped-up defence, but ‘blocking minority’ could form in future Bundestag

The Guardian - UK

Who are the AfD? Germany’s new far-right opposition and the subject of Elon Musk’s infatuation

The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns

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The Independent UK

Fears after rise of far right in eastern Germany leaves multicultural Berlin surrounded

Germans on either side of the voting spectrum in the capital tell Tom Watling they voted out of fear

The Independent UK

How Germany voted: Election results map shows far-right AfD surge in East as CDU win most seats

The conservative alliance led by Feidrich Merz took the most seats in the German Bundestag, but Alice Weidel’s far-right AfD is close behind.

The Guardian - UK

Merz strikes urgent tone in calling for more European independence from US

Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spending

Radio France Internationale

Germany's far-left party celebrates surprise comeback in elections

While the far-right representation in Germany's parliament doubled in size after weekend elections, the country's left wing also got a boost at the polls. With 8.5 percent of the vote, they easily crossed the five percent threshold to get back into active politics. RFI's Jan van der Made reports from…

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Al Jazeera

Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party

The AfD doubles its vote share to 20.8 percent in weekend elections and becomes Germany’s second-largest party.

The Independent UK

Friedrich Merz: Who is Germany’s election winner and how will he fare against AfD leader Alice Weidel?

Friedrich Merz has taken aim at the US and says Europe must stand up for itself

Al Jazeera

German election: Who won, who lost and what’s next?

Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers.

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Germany's Mainstream Conservatives Win National Election, Far-Right Party Surges

Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz win election, facing challenges in addressing European security issues and forming a stable coalit...

The Guardian - UK

Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe? Our panel responds

Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU may have won the German election, but all eyes are on the far-right AfD after its huge gains, say Fatma Aydemir, Katja Hoyer and others

Evening Standard

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Trump and Musk

Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’

The Conversation

Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult

Friedrich Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has captured the highest proportion of votes in Germany’s election on Sunday. The celebrations could be short-lived, though, as the task of forming a government now looms.

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