In the slow-turning wheel of German democracy, the CDU claimed a modest but meaningful victory in Lower Saxony's municipal elections on September 13, holding off both the SPD and a surging AfD in a contest watched as a measure of the center-right's resilience. Yet the relief was partial at best: nationally, the AfD climbed to 29 percent, and the CDU's own allies sounded alarms about stagnation, energy costs, and the fertile ground discontent provides for the far right. Against this backdrop, an antisemitic attack on a Jewish woman in Berlin during Rosh Hashanah served as a reminder that electo
CDU holds ground in Lower Saxony as AfD surges nationally
An apparent antisemitic attack occurred in Berlin on the night of September 12-13, in which a 43-year-old Jewish woman was verbally abused and physically attacked with a broken bottle.