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Headlines vary from Merz's assessment to emphasizing public rejection and the broad electoral defeat, with one source being off-topic.
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Early returns in Russia’s parliamentary election show main Kremlin party leading". The right frames it as "German People Deliver Another Election Rejection of Chancellor Merz".
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Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
Another regional German election and another massive defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz’s CDU party is below the 5% threshold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, meaning they are totally wip...
With some 58% of the precincts counted, United Russia had nearly 58% of the vote for the 225 deputies apportioned by party lists, according to the Central Election Commission
GERMANY’s chancellor has vowed to stay in office - despite describing the elections as as a "disaster" for his party. Friedrich Merz, leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), responded t...
GERMANY’s chancellor has vowed to stay in office - despite describing the elections as as a "disaster" for his party. Friedrich Merz, leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), responded t...
Early results from Russia's first wartime parliamentary election, released by the country's election commission early Monday, show the main Kremlin party dominating the vote
The election was virtually devoid of opposition to President Putin's policies.
MOSCOW (AP) — Early returns in Russia’s parliamentary election show the main Kremlin party leading in the tightly controlled balloting.
Alternative for Germany (Af D) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, exit polls showed, delivering a "disaster" for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who vowed to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast the vote as a test of support for his ongoing war in Ukraine.
Germany’s governing CDU suffered its worst result in 80 years in regional elections Sunday.
The German Chancellor's Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote on Sunday — the far-right Af D party won with 38.3%.
Partial results suggest CDU is set to fail to secure parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Russian official says more than 1,600 drones were repelled with 450 headed toward Moscow in a massive Ukrainian drone attack on the capital.
Lead candidate Elif Eralp campaigned on the soaring cost of housing.
Germany’s embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to stay the course on Sunday despite stinging election defeats in two states at the hands of the far-right Af D and the far-left Die Link...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the results a “disaster” for his center-right party.
Russia's ruling party was on track to win a parliamentary election that Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, partial results showed.
Russia's ruling United Russia party on Sunday was projected to win the country's tightly controlled parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack...