- Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel The Washington Post
- Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU DW (English)
- Germany’s far-right upends convention with landmark vote on immigration NBC News
- ‘Did they learn nothing?’: Auschwitz survivor to return German honour over AfD vote role The Guardian
- Angela Merkel throws firework into German election campaign POLITICO Europe