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Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that Germany’s eastern Saxony-Anhalt region will suffer economic damage if the far-right AfD party wins control of the state’s government next Sunday.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a warning that an election victory by Germany’s far right in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt would deter foreign business. But no voters were on hand to hear him.

Germany's government said an investigation found that Russia is behind a failed drone attack at an airport in Leipzig last month and that the Kremlin is likely to step up hybrid aggression.

Just days before the far-right AfD clinches a possible election triumph, German executives are warning of the economic damage that its extremism might wreak.

The nationalist Alternative for Germany is pushing back on a growing chorus warning that its policies would hit businesses if the far-right party secures control of a state government for the first time since World War II.

The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, but is expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing intensifying pressure to come up with a convincing response after an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election delivered a powerful blow to the political establishment.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at the far-right Alternative for Germany for its embrace of Russia and migration aims that amount to “ethnic cleansing” as his government grapples with the fallout of the party’s surge in a state election this week.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government will have to learn the lessons from an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election that he said will alter the country's politics.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is determined to hold on to power in Germany in defiance of the growing numbers within his party seeking to push him out of office, according to people familiar with his thinking.