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In Baden-Württemberg, where the AfD finished a strong third, Merz’s conservatives came up shy in their effort to recapture power in a state that was long a conservative power base, while the SPD, Germany’s oldest political party, suffered its worst election performance since World War…

Municipal contests rarely predict presidential outcomes, as local personalities, alliances and grievances often blur the national picture. But with early polling for next year’s race already giving the far-right National Rally party (RN) a commanding advantage, the local vote carries…

One government minister who is bucking his own party’s candidate to support Dati said her ability to communicate in a direct, forceful manner is “extraordinary” and “allows her to transcend traditional political divides.”  

Geoffroy Boulard, the incumbent conservative mayor…