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Germany, BSW and constitutional court

Germany's Top Court Dismisses BSW Party Election Result Challenge

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's constitutional court on Thursday dismissed a complaint by the leftist Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance seeking to legally challenge the results of the national election due to alleged counting errors.

Bloomberg · 20h

German Top Court Rebuffs BSW Bid for Recount of Election Votes

Germany’s top court rejected a suit brought by the populist left-wing party BSW seeking a recount of the votes cast in last month’s national election.

Yahoo · 19h

German court rejects a vote recount demanded by populist BSW party

Germany's Constitutional Court has declined to order a recount of the country's parliamentary election last month in which the upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) party fell short of gaining seats in the Bundestag.

germany, Euro and zone stocks

Reuters on MSN · 1h

Euro zone stocks rally as German parties agree historic fiscal deal

By Samuel Indyk, Harry Robertson and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -European stock markets rallied on Friday as news of an agreement between German political parties on a historic debt deal added to optimism that has swept across the region,

DW · 2h

Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.

Euronews (English) on MSN · 27m

European stocks, euro rally as Germany strikes historic debt deal

Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, struck a deal to loosen borrowing limits, unleashing €500 billion for defence and infrastructure. Markets surged, while analysts debated its impact on inflation and ECB rate policy.

27mon MSN

Explainer-Germany's new debt settlement, and where it could still go wrong

Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy ...

Nordot on MSN2h

Germany's electoral commission confirms parliamentary election result

Germany's Federal Electoral Commission on Friday confirmed the results of the parliamentary election on February 28 with no ...

18d

Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

CNN18d

Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force

The party has doubled its support since the previous election in 2021, when it received 10.3% of the vote. It is now the first far-right party in Germany’s post-World War II history to have ...

Germany's AfD: Merz breaking election promises, bowing to SPD

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

4don MSNOpinion

Opinion - Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

CBS News18d

Polling shows Germany's 2025 election will bring a shift, but not a far-right leader

But it's the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party that caught the attention of many analysts ahead of this election. The AfD has surged in popularity and is currently polling second ...

14d

Just 1 voter backed AfD in Germany’s smallest town

In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as ...

11d

Germany’s Energy And Climate Policy Under CDU: What To Predict

Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, ...

22h

Germany’s Friedrich Merz offers concessions to Greens over ‘historic’ spending plan

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

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