New plans from the European Union to increase defense spending could potentially mobilize as much as 800 billion euros ($841 billion), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.

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Germany’s far-right party is dominating polls in the country’s eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23.

Economic concerns are a key contributing factor to the AfD's success specifically in East Germany. Read my latest below.

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