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Söder and Wüst Clash Over Whether Germany Should Pursue an AfD Ban

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier Hendrik Wüst are openly divided over how to confront the Alternative for Germany, with Söder opposing a ban while Wüst stresses maintaining the political firewall around the party.
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Berlin Hosts Basketball World Cup Games as Germany Expands Major-Event Profile
VfB Stuttgart Opens Champions League Campaign With Demirović Hat-Trick
Alexander Zverev Reaches U.S. Open Semifinals and Criticizes Late Match Scheduling
Mannheim Police Officer Faces Criminal Investigation Over Derby Pyrotechnics Incident
Woman Killed in Knife Attack at Ratzeburg Supermarket
Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man Outside Station in Meerbusch
Germany Tests Sirens and Smartphone Alerts During Nationwide Warning Day
Volker Beck Appeals to Constitutional Court Over Exclusion From Iranian Assassination Case
Northern German Chemical Plant to Close With Loss of 400 Jobs
Major German Mattress Manufacturer Enters Insolvency After Nearly 100 Years
Germany Adopts Scale-Up Strategy to Keep Growing Technology Companies From Moving Abroad
Germany Approves New Framework to Expand District Heating Networks
Berlin Election Officials Contact 1,400 Voters After Wrong Absentee Ballots Sent
Berlin SPD Candidate Steffen Krach Investigated Over €9,900 Campaign Donation
FDP Faces Renewed Leadership Crisis After Heavy Loss in Saxony-Anhalt
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Gains Influence in Saxony-Anhalt on Platform Opposing Ukraine Aid
Sven Schulze Declines Upcoming Chairmanship of German State Premiers’ Conference
Bundestag Budget Debate Focuses on €204 Billion in Planned New Borrowing
Söder and Wüst Clash Over Whether Germany Should Pursue an AfD Ban
CDU and CSU Lawmakers Rebel Against Merz-Klingbeil Fiscal Plans
Angela Merkel Calls AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt a Major Break in German Political History
AfD Election Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Triggers Leadership Fight Within Regional CDU
CDU Lawmaker Urges Ukraine to Buy More Weapons From German Manufacturers
EU Approves €400 Million in German State Aid for Sanofi Insulin Production
Germany Raises 2026 Growth Forecast to 1.4% Despite Persistent Industrial Pressures
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Germany Approves €5.5 Billion Annual Subsidy to Reduce Power Transmission Costs
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