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The CDU leader, now in pole position to take over as German chancellor, wants to see a return to the orthodoxies of the pre-pandemic world
Christian Democrats should resist drawing conclusions from Saxony-Anhalt race, say analysts
Victory in Saxony-Anhalt lifts the confidence of Armin Laschet’s party ahead of Bundestag vote
AfD is predicted to gain votes at centre-right’s expense in this weekend’s Saxony-Anhalt elections
Politician with extremist past strained local coalition with Greens and Social Democrats
Private equity groups likely to lose out in bidding contest for ailing lender
We should not pretend cultural reforms were ever ushered forth at the speed of a tweet
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Party set to lead coalition in Baden-Württemberg following regional poll triumph
German voters back rightwing forces in protest at contentious refugee policies
AfD looks set to record the best regional election result of any German populist rightwing party
Klöckner weakened by chancellor’s stance as three regions go to polls
AfD’s third place in local elections in Hesse serves as rebuke to Merkel’s refugee policy
German chancellor’s party struggles to curb rise in anti-immigration sentiment
German rightwing party’s electoral prospects flourish
ECB policy maker views centralised plan as way of preventing ‘zombification’ of sector
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