German Right makes ground in Berlin election re-run
The German Right achieved small but “significant” electoral gains after a partial re-run of the 2021 federal elections in parts of Berlin.
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What a twit: Le Pen’s Rassemblement National ‘joining ECR’ incorrect, sources confirm
Insiders at the European Parliament have rejected rumours that Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) is joining the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)…
Germany’s CDU may ‘expand firewall’ over new BSW party
Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may expand its so-called "firewall" to include the new left-wing populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) party, a senior…
German news outlet backtracks on story that sparked mass protests
German non-profit news group Correctiv has apparently backtracked on its report about a “conspiratorial” Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) meeting where a number…
If mainstream German politics fragments further, would it help the CDU?
As Germans appear to grow more disillusioned with mainstream parties, WerteUnion's (Values Union) launch means the country has seen two new populist parties form…
AfD ‘will not be banned’, despite German Government threats
Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party will not be banned despite threats from the Government, according to one prominent academic.
German Government may pull right-wing AfD’s State funding
Germany's Government is examining the possibility of banning the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party from receiving State funding.
Protests erupt across Germany against ‘neo-Nazi’ AfD
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany to demonstrate against the populist right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, seen by many…
Green MEPs guilty of ‘hyperbolic pathos’ as near-empty Parliament debates rise of ‘neofascism’
Liberal and left-wing MEPs are calling for the heads of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
AfD’s Höcke should lose ‘fundamental rights’, German politicians told
A major player in Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party should be stripped of all his "fundamental rights" under the country’s Constitution,…
German left-wingers beg Scholz for mass-migration ‘crackdown’
Members of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPD) are pleading with him to crack down on mass migration.
Potential AfD ban divides public opinion in Germany
Fewer than half of Germans support a nationwide ban on the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party over allegations it is "extremist", a new poll has shown.
AfD ban could backfire, leading Social Democrat warns
Any proscription would likely be met with backlash due to the growing support for the AfD, according to the Government’s Commissioner for East Germany
Liberals narrowly vote to remain in German coalition
Germany's liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) has narrowly voted to remain in the country's ruling federal coalition.
AfD’s voter support soars in Saxony poll
A new survey puts Germany’s right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party well ahead of its competitors, polling at 37 per cent.
German Industry chief says AfD ‘is harmful to the future of our country’
The president of the Federation of German Industries says AfD is bad for business.
AfD in Saxony classified as ‘extremist’
The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution Saxony (SOPCS) has designated the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party an “extremist”…
Germany’s new left-wing firebrand Wagenknecht defends AfD and Orbán
Wagenknecht wants to convince AfD voters to give her their vote, because she disagrees with the party on economic and social policy
AfD MEP calls party’s ‘extremist’ label a ‘de-legitimation strategy’
German domestic intelligence classified the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch as an extremist group on Tuesday, which an AfD MEP called a cynical ploy to hurt the party's…
Ex-AfD members joining new German left-wing populists’ party ‘unimaginable’, says its chairwoman
Germany's newly formed left-wing populist party will not allow former Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) politicians to join it, the group's chairwoman Amira Mohamed…
German firebrand launches left-wing rival to AfD
Named after herself, the long-rumoured Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has been billed as a major threat to the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party…
Germany’s Die Linke group ‘will soon dissolve’: party defector
Germany's Die Linke parliamentary group will not last much longer, according to an MP who recently defected from the party.
Head of AfD EU elections list ‘expects police protection’ as party leaders fear attack
Maximillian Krah, the German politician who will top the country’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) list in the 2024 European Parliament elections, is expecting…
Germany swings to the Right in state elections
Elections in the German states of Hesse and Bavaria turned out to be a convincing victory for the centre-right Christian Democrats, with the hard-right AfD also…
AfD leader in intensive care after alleged campaign-trail assault
A leader of the German populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is in intensive care after he was allegedly attacked on the campaign trail.
AfD MEP denounces ‘schizophrenic’ German media allegations
A senior MEP within Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has denounced one of the country's major media outlets as acting in a "schizophrenic" manner…
Germany’s AfD leader under state protection after ‘threats against her family’
Alice Weidel, who heads up the party in Germany's Federal Parliament, is said to have been escorted along with her family from their home by authorities last month.
Merkel cannot ‘understand’ how Germans could vote AfD
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she cannot "understand" how people could vote for the country's populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party.
German Christian Democrats refuse to cooperate with AfD
Germany's main opposition leader Friedrich Merz said on August 27 that any form of cooperation with the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is ruled out, in…
MEPs lambast Politico news outlet for linking populist parties to ‘fascists’
When is it fine to describe a political party as far-right?