Swedish voters deliver cliffhanger general election outcome
Exit polls suggest change of government to be led by Social Democrats
Sweden’s election puts hardline migration overhaul under scrutiny
As voters head to the polls on Sunday, Sweden’s transformation from humanitarian haven to asylum hardliner is under scrutiny
Swedes to decide if its government takes a further leap to the right
Opposition leader Magdalena Andersson has been clear on the dangers of a new coalition featuring the Sweden Democrats
Germany’s past crashes into the present
The AfD is not a Nazi Party 2.0, as many claim. But it wants to end decade-long efforts to understand Nazi crimes, which it claims are a ‘guilt cult’
Germany’s far-right earthquake leaves Merz reeling with ‘existential shock’
AfD’s historic victory sets clock ticking on Germany’s postwar constitutional order, chancellor warns
Germany’s far-right AfD seeks support to rule after state election win
Party trying to form government in Saxony-Anhalt after falling three seats short of a majority
Voters in eastern German state have blown up post-unification politics
AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt has hit reset button on politics in Europe’s largest country
Far-right AfD wins key state election, throwing Germany’s politics into uncertain era
An election in Saxony-Anhalt has become a defining test of whether Germany’s mainstream can still hold the line
Ireland set to join EU-Nigeria ‘migrant returns’ pact
Five EU states plan to send migrants to offshore centres next year
Mass deportations, euro exit and Russian gas: the AfD’s plan for power
Victory in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday would mark a postwar watershed, making the AfD the first radical right party to govern a German state since 1945
German investigators identify suspects with Russian links in Leipzig drone attack
Germany has blamed Russia for sending explosive-laden drone to Leipzig airport used to send military equipment to Ukraine
Germany says Russia was behind last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
Minister for Defence Helen McEntee said Russia’s ‘attempted drone attack’ at Leipzig airport was ‘part of a clear trend’
British woman stabbed to death in German train station
Thirty-one-year-old had just arrived from London and was waiting for train to Austria at time of attack
Last stand against far-right AfD in Germany’s east
An election in Saxony-Anhalt has become a defining test of whether Germany’s mainstream can still hold the line
Germany and ‘frugal’ allies signal budget compromise but reject further EU borrowing
Friedrich Merz and five other leaders demand spending cuts of ‘several hundred billion euros in a balanced manner’