Conservatives win German election and far-right surges, results show

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Fears after rise of far-right in eastern Germany leaves multicultural Berlin surrounded
The Independent
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The dramatic surge of the anti-migration, anti-Islam Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) sapped support from across the political spectrum to win one in five votes, but it will be excluded as a pariah party from any coalition negotiations.
Guardian
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As Germany's presumed next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, began the uphill battle to build a coalition around his mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, the country's Jewish community reacted to Sunday's election results with relief that Germany's recent political turmoil might be coming to an end and concern over the significant gains of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which nearly doubled its support since the last vote in 2021.
Haaretz
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In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote in federal elections.
Aljazeera

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