AfD hits all-time high of 28 per cent in new German poll, CDU slumps to 22 per cent
These results reflect deep voter dissatisfaction with the current centre-left coalition of Christian Democrats and Socialists.
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Germany weighs denying AfD ministers access to classified files
Defence Minister said the Government was examining closely who could be granted such access.
Wagenknecht party pushes to break AfD firewall before eastern German elections
The BSW argued that the so-called firewall, the refusal of mainstream parties to cooperate with the right-wing AfD, was undemocratic and self-defeating.
AfD leader vows to restore German-Russian ties when she becomes chancellor
Alice Weidel said Germany must seek a pragmatic reset with Russia.
The Right is winning on order, not ideology
Germany is facing increasing chaos, with trains frequently late and basic infrastructure failing, leading voters to seek nationalism not for ideology, but for a…
German Left want to use anti-democratic means to ban democratic rise of AfD
The AfD's rise in German polls has sparked renewed calls from the Left to ban the party. However, such a move could harm German democracy and US relations significantly.
German NGO push for new legal case for banning AfD with new ‘evidence’
The GFF is funded by, among others, the Soros-backed Open Society Foundations.
AfD politician brutally attacked, police investigate attempted murder
Michael Meister, an AfD state parliamentarian, was violently attacked outside his home by two assailants, suffering serious injuries in a politically motivated assault.
One may stand in Germany and ask, ‘What is the point of the SPD?’
The SPD, Germany's oldest political party, struggles to retain its working-class base and confronts challenges from rising protectionism and rival parties, leaving…
Merz’s top adviser says not the AfD, but far-left scares investors away
He noted that discussions with international investors barely mention possible AfD successes in upcoming state elections in eastern Germany.
AfD has historic nine-point lead over CDU while Socialists collapse
The party now stands nine points ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU, which falls to its lowest level in five years with 20 per cent.
Left-wing violence surges over 42 per cent in Germany
Attacks on police officers were also driven almost exclusively by left-wing perpetrators.
German socialists hit lowest score ever in national poll
The party now stands level with the hard-left Die Linke on 11 per cent, marking a new historic low for Germany’s oldest political party.
Left-wing Wagenknecht vows to block CDU power in Saxony-Anhalt, even with AfD
"We want to do everything we can to ensure that there is no new CDU minister-president in Saxony-Anhalt".
Die Linke wants foreigners to vote for Parliament
The proposal lands in a country that hosts roughly 14 million foreign nationals, equivalent to about 17 per cent of the total population.
‘Long-debunked lies’: German CDU denigrates AfD in contentious brochure
The 32-page booklet entitled 'Decline for Germany, not an Alternative' launches a number of wild claims about the country's main opposition party.
German Greens’ shock after its motion passes with votes of AfD
A seemingly irrelevant vote in the state parliament of Saxony has turned into a showcase of the hysteria affecting much of Germany’s political class.
Germany’s AfD plans to replace hundreds of civil servants after election win in battleground state
The right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has announced it will replace up to 200 civil servants in the state of Saxony-Anhalt – if it comes into power…
CDU’s Hagel rejects AfD bid to make him Baden-Württemberg premier
He stated he would not stand and pledged that his party would close ranks behind Cem Özdemir, the Greens' candidate agreed under the coalition deal signed two days…
German Green leader says soldiers can ‘desert’ under AfD defence minister
He stressed his political work was aimed at preventing any AfD role in power.
German CDU leaders warn about possible AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt
German establishment politicians seem increasingly desperate to avoid a win for the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) at the general election in the…
Germany: Censorship row erupts after AfD’s Höcke interview
A fierce free-speech controversy has erupted in Germany after senior Social Democrat leader Saskia Esken called for what she described as an effective “blacklisting”…
AfD demands crime statistics change to reflect delinquency of citizens with ‘migrant background’
Germany’s right-wing AfD party has submitted a controversial proposal to parliament aimed at better reflecting differences in delinquency between ethnic Germans…
German left-wing parties quit X in co-ordinated move
In a display of cross-party co-ordination, Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens and The Left, have announced they are halting activity on the platform…
German Chancellor Merz chains himself to SDU, vowing no minority government with AfD backing
German federal chancellor Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) has publicly dashed hopes of many CDU conservatives for a premature end of his current…
Anti-whites bar in Berlin received €662,000 subsidies
A Berlin café and "intersectional" co-working space that explicitly bars white people from entry has received more than €662,000 in German taxpayer subsidies…
German small-town CDU members face party expulsion after joining forces with AfD
Members of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) in a small town near Frankfurt have caused a nationwide scandal by joining forces with their…
German Conservatives team up with hard left to change Saxony-Anhalt constitution ahead of AfD win
The State parliament of Saxony-Anhalt has approved a major reform of the eastern German state’s constitution — supposedly aimed at “strengthening democracy”…
‘News story’ that sparked mass protests against AfD ahead of German elections ‘completely fabricated’, court rules
A widely shared story by left-wing investigative outlet Correctiv in Germany, which claimed that at a “secretive” gathering ahead of the 2024 elections in Germany,…
Chancellor Merz‘s CDU at four-year-low in latest German poll
The Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has sunk to a multi-year-low in a recent poll.