In 2015-2016 alone, more than 1 million migrants came to Germany, most from Syria, but also from Afghanistan and Iraq. Since the last national election in 2021, the number of naturalizations in Germany has risen sharply: More than 500,

More than half a million newly naturalized citizens will have the opportunity to vote in a German national election for the first time this weekend. Almost a third of the new Germans are originally from Syria.

A German police officer guards the Holocaust Memorial after a man was seriously injured in a stabbing near the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany, February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Matthias Baehr/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) - The man arrested after a Spanish tourist was stabbed at Berlin's Holocaust memorial on Friday was a 19-year-old Syrian refugee,

Almost a third of the new Germans are originally from Syria. Most of them left their home countries in the last decade, fleeing war, political instability and economic hardship. In 2015-2016 alone, more than 1 million migrants came to Germany, most from ...

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Some worry about the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. For the new Germans originally from Syria, the election is weighted with extra significance.

Germany’s ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday said that Berlin’s stance on new Syria remains flexible, while Kurdish representatives have accused Damascus of exclusion and insisted on the establishment of a decentralized system.

“That feeds into this whole far-right populist narrative that the mainstream parties are abandoning those areas,” Lueders said. Far-right parties, which tend to position themselves as populists standing up for ordinary people against a corrupt or co-opted elite, are well placed to appeal to people who have lost faith in the status quo.

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The suspect appeared to have been planning to kill Jews for several weeks, apparently motivated by the Middle East conflict, which is why he chose the location, the prosecutors said.

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election , with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Exit polls also indicate that Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II.

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor and a leader of a far-right