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- 1African Development Bank approves $5.1bn crisis response framework▼AfDB crisis response framework: up to $5.1bn for energy and fertiliser shocks
The African Development Bank has put in place a crisis response framework that could channel up to $5.1bn to help African countries cope with shocks to energy prices and fertiliser supplies. The facility is aimed at easing the impact of global price spikes and supply disruptions on food production and power costs across the continent.
- 2CDU loses as AfD and Left triumph in German state elections●CDU out! AfD and Die Linke win. Who is governing Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern now? | #analysis
Germany's CDU has been pushed out of power in state elections, with the AfD and Die Linke emerging as the winners in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin respectively. Attention now turns to coalition negotiations, as no party has a straightforward path to government and analysts are debating who will govern the two states and how the results reshape national politics ahead of the federal race.
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In Germany, former Thuringian BSW leader Steffen Wolf has signalled openness to a ban proceedings against the Alternative für Deutschland ahead of a hearing in the Thuringian state parliament. The comments land amid ongoing national debate over whether the AfD should face a formal attempt to outlaw it, a question that has divided German parties and constitutional lawyers for months.
- 4AfD move against Stolpersteine Nazi victim memorials sparks anger●AfD bans the "Stolpersteine" memorials to the victims of the Nazis. We're not a Nazi party, whines the AfD while doing v
Germany's far-right AfD has moved to ban Stolpersteine, the small brass memorials embedded in pavements across Germany and Europe commemorating victims of the Nazis. Critics say the party is attempting to erase the memory of Nazi crimes while simultaneously insisting it is not a Nazi party, and the contradiction is drawing sharp condemnation and widespread discussion.
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A new Sunday poll in Germany shows the AfD widening its lead over the CDU/CSU, while a majority of respondents expect Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government to end early. The survey adds to pressure on Merz's coalition, with commentators debating whether his chancellorship could collapse ahead of schedule.
- 6Union's Heidenau stance draws criticism over AfD strategy●Heidenau ist eine weitere beredte Selbstauskunft der Union. Nicht über die AfD, nicht über den Zustand der Demokratie, s
Commentators accuse Germany's CDU/CSU of revealing its own weaknesses through its response to Heidenau, arguing the party has for years repeated the mantra that Nazis must be defeated 'on content' rather than banned. The debate centres on whether the Union's refusal to pursue stronger measures against the AfD says more about the party itself than about its rival.
- 7German parties accused of copying AfD playbook●Wann bemerken eigentlich die Parteien, die glauben mit Übernahme von AfD-Programm diese bekämpfen zu können, dass die Af
A German-language comment argues that mainstream parties wrongly believe they can beat the AfD by adopting its policies. The criticism is that the AfD inflates manufactured rather than real problems, and that by copying its agenda, other parties divert attention away from genuine major issues and strengthen the party instead. The post is drawing engagement in discussions about German immigration politics and party strategy.
- 8German debate over whether CDU learned anything on AfD●Wer sich gefragt hat, was die CDU wohl daraus lernt, dass insbesondere die Linke, aber auch in Teilen die SPD den Vormar
A debate is circulating in Germany about what lessons the CDU draws from the fact that the Left and parts of the SPD managed to halt the rise of the AfD by offering people solutions to real problems. The discussion criticises Hesse's Minister President Boris Rhein and the CDU for, according to the argument, learning nothing from this and continuing on the same course despite the AfD's electoral advances.
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Local politicians in Heidenau, Germany, have banned the installation of new Stolpersteine — the brass commemorative stones laid to remember victims of the Nazis. According to DW, the move was driven by the AfD with support from the CDU. Critics see it as a troubling signal about how Holocaust remembrance is being handled in parts of eastern Germany.