Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
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Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party
In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the ...
Can Germany’s new leader fend off the far right?
Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...
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Perhaps the Biggest Winner in Germany’s Election: Nuclear Power
Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party ...
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Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing
It’s funny, then, that the biggest demonstrations in Germany that week were against the CDU—not by AfD supporters, but by their enemies on the left, who thought Merz had extinguished the ...
CDU has limited options for forming government by shutting out second-place Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany, the reformation party that sits to the right of the CDU/CSU's centrist conservatism, received ...
The Daily T: Why the AfD can’t be ignored as Germany swings right
The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...
How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media
The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.