German Chancellor Merz Faces Party Revolt as Far-Right AfD Gains Ground

Merz Faces Down Party Revolt With Far Right Advancing in Germany

Friedrich Merz has been haunted by a past boast that he could cut the support of Germany’s surging far-right party in half.

Friedrich Merz Faces Down Party Revolt in Germany

“Friedrich Merz has been haunted by a past boast that he could cut the support of Germany’s surging far-right party in half,” Bloomberg reports. “Instead, the German chancellor watched this month as the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany trounced his conservative Christian Democrats in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt…” “The fallout has shaken Germany’s political establishment […]

Germany shows disaster follows when conservatives give up on the Right

German Chancellor Merz Faces Party Revolt as Far-Right AfD Gains Ground

Stock photo via Pexels German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has canceled a planned trip to next week's United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to CBS News, as his center-right Christian Democratic Union braces for two regional elections this weekend that could determine whether he stays in office. The move follows the far-right Alternative for Germany's landslide victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sept. 6, which came lar…