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EU summit ends in deadlock: Ire over ‘two-faced’ Costa, Merz furious with Meloni and North-South budget clash
Diplomats speaking to Politico described the negotiations over the EU’s carbon emissions pricing system as “absurd chaos,” accusing European Council President António Costa of allowing talks to spiral out of control
Merz insists he will not resign: ‘The reasons for the election result go far beyond me’
The German Chancellor described the election result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a ‘deep rupture’ for the Christian Democratic Party
Germany in deadlock after Mecklenburg & Berlin elections: Merz stays until he leaves, while the far-right surges & sparks alarm
The German Chancellor remains in office not because the ballot box endorsed his policies, but because there is still no agreed alternative within the Christian Democrats & eight state premiers have publicly backed him
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s dismissal of free speech should trigger democratic reflexes
In a constitutional democracy the right to speak and to receive information is not a gift the state bestows when it deems speech sufficiently “hygienic”
AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt landslide leaves Germany facing a coalition deadlock
Chancellor Merz faces growing pressure to resign after the CDU's worst-ever result, while the AfD cannot govern Saxony-Anhalt alone and Germany's 'firewall' faces its toughest test yet, before two more state elections on 20 September
Explosion of violence in Germany “also” linked to illegal immigrants, Merz says
During a discussion on digital violence against women, Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized that "migrant groups" are "partly"(sic) responsible for the explosion of both physical and digital violence cases in the country
AfD in first place in new poll – Growing dissatisfaction with the German government and Merz
The abstention and undecided voter rate is recorded at 25%, significantly higher than the abstention rate in the last federal election
