Lower Saxony’s runoffs showed strong local incumbency, Green urban gains and the AfD’s limited ability to turn vote share into executive power.
AfD’s projected win in Saxony-Anhalt drew sharp reactions from Poland, Czechia and France, raising questions over coalition strategy in Europe.
AfD won Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8 percent, but coalition arithmetic leaves BSW, the CDU and minority-government scenarios at the center of the next phase.
Ukraine’s former military chief Valeriy Zaluzhny declares NATO membership unfeasible and urges focus on emerging defense alliances like the Joint Expeditionary Force.
Kosovo’s Vetëvendosje party wins 43% in early parliamentary elections but must build coalitions amid ongoing political instability and EU integration efforts.
Armenia’s ruling party secures parliamentary majority, reinforcing Pashinyan’s pro-EU course amid opposition challenges and Russian economic pressures.