The Alternative for Germany appealed on Monday to lawmakers from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives to support its ​bid to rule Saxony-Anhalt after the far-right party surged into first place in the eastern German state's election.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's speech after the failure of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the elections provoked criticism and was a blow to the party. The newspaper Die Welt writes about this on September 10.

PM Modi and Chancellor Merz reaffirm their commitment to strengthen India-Germany cooperation across key sectors for global peace and prosperity.

The Alternative for Germany result is the closest a far-right party has come to holding power at state level in Germany since World War II.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described Germany as an important pillar of India’s engagement with Europe as well as a key partner in advancing peace, stability and prosperity globally.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government will have to learn the lessons from an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election that he said will alter the country’s politics.

BERLIN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday that an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport had been prepared in Russia over an extended period and that a disaster was only narrowly averted.

Béla Anda, chief spokesman for the federal government under Gerhard Schröder, says it will be “very hard” for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to regain control after the AfD’s landslide victory in regional elections.