There is danger now in Germany of a weak, centrist government – with extremists flourishing on both sides

Merkel has appalled her own followers by making sweeping concessions to the Social Democrats.

A new grand coalition in Germany may be a boon for AfD

If both of the main parties remain locked together in an unpopular pact, it creates more space in which new challengers can grow.

Merkel is doomed – but will not be replaced soon enough to help Brexit

The German consensus which placed no significant party to the right of the CDU, thus bolstering it as a governing force, is breaking down.

Henry Newman: Macron seems determined to prove that Brexiteer fears about a federal Europe were right all along.

But could Germany, in the wake of its election result, now become the prime bulwark against Macron’s and Juncker’s ambitions?

WATCH: Merkel – “We would like to win the voters of the AfD back”

The German Chancellor on the exit polls that show her set for a fourth term – but with Alternative für Deutschland winning 13 per cent of the vote.

Iain Dale: As May speaks in Florence, I’m here in Berlin – watching Merkel preparing her own return to office

Plus: Osborne’s regrets, vintage Heseltine – and, after Germany, to Brighton, for what is claimed to be the biggest conference Labour has ever held.

Iain Duncan Smith: Britain last June. America last month. Now Italy. Next, Germany? France? Holland? Revolt against the elites is sweeping the West.

Are we seeing a convulsion as great as 1968 – or even 1848?

George Maggs: Brexit. Trump. Not a revolt against the elites, but an upsurge of patriotism

A fundamental clash between cosmopolitanism and communitarianism is taking place – and it cuts across Left and Right.

Hammond’s debut. His big task is to persuade business that an Open Britain lies ahead after we leave the EU

Circumstances dictate a suck-it-and-see Autumn Statement – but also one that can transcend its own caution by pointing to a visionary landscape ahead.

It’s Trumpxit – and a changed world. What America’s earthquake means for Brexit Britain and Europe’s security.

We will have a pro-Leave President and may get a trade deal. But we face a threat to the security umbrella that has protected us and our neighbours since the war.