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AfD

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Can Merz survive what the eastern states just told him?

Friedrich Merz enters the 2026 state elections with a record-low 14% approval rating and a party facing structural collapse in the East. As the CDU's firewall b…

World Politics Germany

Rein Kaljumäe · Sep 20, 2026 • 13:29

AfD at 40%: Germany's Firewall Meets Absolute Majority

The AfD's rise from a regional anomaly to a structural 43% force in Saxony-Anhalt signals a crisis for Germany's protective 'firewall.' As mainstream parties lo…

World Politics AfD

Rein Kaljumäe · Sep 06, 2026 • 07:03