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AfD plans to turn Germany into authoritarian state, vice-chancellor warns

Robert Habeck tacitly backs calls to ban far-right party after it participated in meeting to discuss mass deportations

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

‘The mood is heating up’: Germany fears strikes will play into hands of far right

Angry protests by farmers, hauliers and railway workers risk being exploited by populists such as Alternative für Deutschland

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Germany Bids Farewell To Political Heavyweight Schaeuble

Wolfgang Schaeuble, a leading figure in German politics for decades and an icon of budgetary rigour in the eurozone, was laid to rest Friday after dying at the age of 81.

International Business Times · Jan 5, 2024

Germany has narrowly swerved budget disaster – but its debt taboo still threatens Europe

The ‘debt brake’ is enshrined in Germany’s constitution. A month-long crisis shows it’s time to abandon this political myth, says Shahin Vallée of the German Council for Foreign Relations

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

German heat pump rollout at risk as government suspends climate subsidies

Move could also undermine nine funding programmes, covering schemes from energy efficient homes to cargo bikes provision

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

In Germany, the anti-immigrant left is on the rise. Will it hold back the far right – or help it?

Well-known MP Sahra Wagenknecht has announced plans for a new party that could shift the fragile balance of German politics, says Berlin-based writer Peter Kuras

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Two German state elections expected to bring wins for conservative national opposition

Two German states are holding elections at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2023

Criticisms of Obamas (Including Racist Ones), Plus Other Speech, Didn't Qualify as Race-Based Workplace Harassment

So holds an Eleventh Circuit panel; Judge Andrew Brasher's concurring opinion that notes the potential First Amendment problems with imposing liability for such speech.

Reason · Oct 7, 2023

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 · Oct 4, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023