Soaring fuel prices fuel protests and far-right gains across Europe
The tractors rolling into the town of Gela on the southern tip of Europe are flying the Sicilian flag, emblazoned with Medusa, three bent legs and ears of wheat, a ...
Five takeaways as German voters abandon the centre
Elections in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country’s leading Christian Democrats, whose Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing pressure to keep the far-right Alternative ...
AfD wins German state as Merz’s conservatives suffer historic rout
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, voting projections showed, delivering the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s mainstream ...
Our View: German economy must be revived to stop AfD
The election triumph of the German far-right party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in the former communist state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday sent shockwaves across Europe. The party took almost 44 per ...
Far-right win leaves Germany’s Merz shaken as AfD plots path to power
Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out working with the Alternative for Germany on Monday after the far-right party surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, but he conceded the ...
German AfD lawmaker visits north, says people ‘do not want to see reality’ of Cyprus
German Bundestag member Maximilian Krah, who belongs to the country’s largest opposition party, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), on Tuesday visited the north, holding a meeting with ‘parliament ...
Russia steps up disinformation before German elections, security sources say
Russian-backed disinformation campaigns are escalating in Germany ahead of state elections, often targeting local political rivals of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, German security sources said.
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Elections: Alternative for Germany
‘Next time we’ll come first’: German far-right celebrates breakthrough
For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that will keep it outside government but make ...
Germany’s conservatives set to lead next coalition, far-right AfD surges
Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...
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Can post-election Germany stabilise a panicked Europe?
At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he could to look unfazed by the unexpected endorsement of its ...
GERMAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS
Regional victory brings Germany’s Scholz brief respite from growing pressure within party
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) staved off the far-right in a regional election on Sunday, likely providing him only a brief reprieve from growing criticism of his ...
Right-wing extremism
Far right AfD cracks Germany’s post-Nazi firewalls with success in the east
In a recent discussion by the east German district council of Sonneberg about getting refugees into work, Roland Schliewe of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said demanding jobs could ...
Germany’s AfD asks its lawmaker to ‘clarify’ Russian cash report
The leadership of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has asked one of its lawmakers to “clarify” a report that he received money from a pro-Russian news portal, amid ...