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Geir MoulsonThe Diplomat |
After AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, the chancellor says reform "determination is unbroken," even as his party lost half its support.
Ulrich Siegmund's face was everywhere in posters for Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in a campaign whose motto was “everything is possible.”
AfD's regional branch in Saxony-Anhalt is one of several classified as a proven right-wing extremist group by the domestic intelligence agency.
Chancellor Merz endorsed 33 pension reforms Tuesday — including a Swedish-style investment model Germany has resisted for decades.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that “Germany and Europe have lost one of the most significant thinkers of our time.”
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” remained between the countries.
Critics want something harsher: a return to compulsory service.