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Geir Moulson

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Germany’s Merz ‘deeply shocked’ at far-right election win, doubles down on unpopular agenda

After AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, the chancellor says reform "determination is unbroken," even as his party lost half its support.

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Fortune

Geir Moulson

Meet the charismatic 35-year-old getting Germans to vote for the far-right again

Ulrich Siegmund's face was everywhere in posters for Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in a campaign whose motto was “everything is possible.”

07.09.2026 2

Fortune

Geir Moulson

Alternative for Germany party set for regional election triumph and could form the country’s first far-right state government since World War II

AfD's regional branch in Saxony-Anhalt is one of several classified as a proven right-wing extremist group by the domestic intelligence agency.

06.09.2026 3

Fortune

Geir Moulson

The German government thinks ‘failure is not an option’ in its quest to raise the retirement age

Chancellor Merz endorsed 33 pension reforms Tuesday — including a Swedish-style investment model Germany has resisted for decades.

23.06.2026 10

Fortune

Geir Moulson

Jürgen Habermas, philosophy giant who reckoned with the unique evil of Nazism, dies at 96

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that “Germany and Europe have lost one of the most significant thinkers of our time.”

16.03.2026 10

Fortune

Geir Moulson

What’s next for Greenland? Denmark sending more European troops into its territory

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” remained between the countries.

15.01.2026 10

Fortune

Geir Moulson

Germany hopes it can build up its Army by asking young people really nicely to sign up (and giving them more money)

Critics want something harsher: a return to compulsory service.

27.08.2025 10

Fortune

Geir Moulson