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Anti-immigration leftists have potential to upend German political scene

State election results for Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance mean Russia-leaning populists could play decisive role

The Guardian - UK

Far-right AfD wins eastern state in Germany’s regional election

AfD leader declares that his party is ready to govern Thuringia but other parties have ruled out teaming up with it.

Al Jazeera

German Far Right Set For Wins In Key Polls After Attack

Voters in two former East German states go to the polls Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD. The polls in Thuringia and Saxony come just over a week after three people were killed in a…

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Man sprays paint at German party leader during campaign event

Sahra Wagenknecht attacked while about to speak on stage in run-up to Thuringia and Saxony state elections

The Guardian - UK

Germans grill Olaf Scholz over soaring cost of doner kebabs

Die Linke party is among those calling for a Dönerpreisbremse or price cap on the hugely popular street food

The Guardian - UK

Germans must capitalise on anti-AfD momentum, says political veteran

Exclusive: Time is ripe for challenge to growing far-right support, says former Bundestag president

The Guardian - UK

AfD narrowly loses first election test since mass deportation plan revelations

District runoff in Thuringia closely watched to gauge whether huge protests against party have dented support

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‘Will we leave things to the fascists?’: the activist aiming to revive Germany’s far-left party

Carola Rackete, who made her name defying Italy’s far right, is set to lead Die Linke party into European elections in June

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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 Guardian - UK

King Charles avoids mention of Brexit in speech to German parliament

Monarch says he wants to ‘renew special bond of friendship’ between countries, in speech delivered in English and German

The Guardian - UK

Leaders of German left condemn ‘peace rally’ over far-right involvement

Renegade former leader of Die Linke among organisers of rally opposing western weapons exports to Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

East Germany's last Communist premier dies aged 95

Hans Modrow, who as the last Communist prime minister of East Germany oversaw democratic reforms that opened the way to German reunification, has died at age 95, Germany's hard-left Die Linke party said on Saturday.

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Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia

Leftwing party’s future in balance after series of resignations, as former co-leader calls coalition ‘stupidest government in Europe’

The Guardian - UK

German state elections show populism in decline on left and right

Poll in most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, also casts doubt on support for Olaf Scholz

The Guardian - UK

Olaf Scholz’s SPD secures major win in Saarland state election

Rare absolute majority suggests there may be more to centre-left’s revival than good fortune

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