Lower Saxony’s municipal runoffs saw the AfD lose three executive races while Greens held Hanover and gained other urban posts.
Daniel Peters resigned after the CDU won 4.9 percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, missing a state parliament for the first time.
The Left Party’s Berlin victory puts housing expropriation and coalition risk at the center of Germany’s capital politics.
AfD’s strong Saxony-Anhalt result drew sharp reactions from Poland, France and the Czech Republic, raising wider EU policy concerns.
AfD’s landslide in Saxony-Anhalt leaves no clear governing majority and raises pressure on Germany’s energy, sanctions and coalition politics.
Annalena Baerbock, former German Foreign Minister and UNGA President, will serve as co-director of Columbia University's public administration program focused on global leadership.
Austria plans to extend mandatory military service to nine months to address new security challenges stemming from geopolitical tensions and hybrid threats.
A recent INSA poll shows 45% of Germans oppose banning the far-right AfD, which remains the country's most popular party, outpacing CDU/CSU by 8 points.
Graz, Austria’s second-largest city, reaffirms communist leadership focused on housing policies, highlighting contrasting urban and national political-economic dynamics.
Latvia's ruling coalition collapsed after the Defense Minister's resignation over a drone incident, raising political instability and economic uncertainty ahead of key parliamentary elections.