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German firebrand politician quits far-left Die Linke to set up her own party

Sahra Wagenknecht joined by nine other MPs in migration-sceptical party which will court unhappy voters on left and right

The Guardian - UK

Prominent German leftist to launch a new party that could eat into far-right's support

A prominent German leftist politician has launched plans to form a new party that some observers think could take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany

The Independent UK

Far-right AfD makes unprecedented election gains in west Germany, worrying national government

Germany’s governing three-party coalition under Olaf Scholz has already had a difficult time this year. But things just got significantly worse with recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria, two of the country’s most prosperous states.

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Far-right AfD says it is now ‘major all-German party’ after state elections

Alternative für Deutschland comes second in Hesse and third in Bavaria as support spreads from east of country

The Guardian - UK

German far-right leader says gains in state election show her party has 'arrived'

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany says her party is no longer a primarily eastern German phenomenon after a pair of strong state election performances in the country’s more prosperous west

The Independent UK

German prosecutors say witness evidence so far doesn't suggest a far-right leader was assaulted

German news agency dpa is reporting that prosecutors have said that testimony from witnesses hasn’t revealed any indication so far that a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was assaulted at an election rally

The Independent UK

German prosecutors are investigating whether a leader of the far-right AfD party was assaulted

German prosecutors say they have launched an investigation into the alleged assault of a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an election rally

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From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Conversation

Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

Officials across Germany are sounding the alarm that they are no longer able to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum

The Independent UK

German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. It’s beginning to crack

Germany is far more resilient to populism than its European neighbours, says John Kampfner, author of In Search of Berlin

The Guardian - UK

Mayoral race in small town highlights rise of Germany's far-right AfD party

The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora.

France 24

A mayoral race in a small city highlights the rise of Germany's far-right AfD party

The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Europe’s politics: volatile and drifting rightwards

Editorial: New research exposes the growing influence of the radical right on more mainstream forces. A counteroffensive is overdue

The Guardian - UK

Prospective AfD mayor ‘will be barred from Holocaust events’

Jörg Prophet, who wants Germany to abandon its ‘guilt cult’, could become party’s first city mayor

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AfD politician to stand trial in Germany charged with using banned Nazi slogan

Björn Höcke, who chairs far-right party in Thuringa state, is accused of intentionally using SA slogan in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s Die Linke party closer to splitting after co-chair resigns

Dietmar Bartsch’s departure comes days after his co-chair of the leftwing party, Amira Mohamed Ali, resigned

The Independent UK

German far-right says the EU is a 'failed project' as it prepares for European Parliament elections

The far-right Alternative for Germany has declared the European Union a “failed project” in its current form as it adopts its program for next June’s European Parliament election at its party convention in the eastern city of Magdeburg

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German far-right leader urges conservatives to break down 'firewall' against his party

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany is urging members of the country’s main opposition conservative bloc to break down a “firewall” meant to isolate his party, which is at record levels in polls

The Independent UK

Two teachers called out far-right activities at their German school. Then they had to leave town.

Two teachers in eastern Germany say they spent months unsuccessfully trying to counter the far-right atmosphere at their small town high school

The Independent UK

German opposition leader faces unease over comments on cooperation with far right

Germany’s opposition leader is insisting that there will be no “cooperation” at the local level between his party and the far-right Alternative for Germany after his suggestion that they might somehow work together drew unease within his own conservative bloc

The Guardian - UK

German centre-right leader retreats from remarks about working with AfD

Friedrich Merz suggested his CDU was willing to cooperate with far-right party at local level, but rows back after outraged reaction

Tribune News Service

Germans aren’t buying Scholz’s plan to keep them safe and rich

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling to persuade Germans he can handle the litany of troubles looming over the country he has led since 2021.

The Independent UK

German leader confident that surging far-right party will shrink again before next election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that support for a far-right party that’s been surging in the polls lately will shrink to previous levels again by the time of the next national election in 2025

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Germany’s far-right AfD makes key political gains as Olaf Scholz's governing coalition wobbles

Opinion polls and local election results currently make unhappy reading for Germany’s government. In fact, the consistently strong performance of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Europe’s largest member state (and arguably the member state with the best reasons to ward off a far-right challenge) is worrying for everyone.

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