Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big implications for Europe.
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Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.
ELON Musk has sent his congratulations to Germany’s far-right AfD party after their historic election showing. The Tesla chief put out an X post saying “it is only a matter of
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,
Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for ‘independence from the USA’ in his first speech after winning the German elections. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
Federal employees received emails asking them to justify their work. And Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he’s willing to resign for peace.
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