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80 years after VE Day, Germany faces new challenges with AfD, antisemitism, and new politics
The political climate in Germany is shifting as the AfD rises in power, raising concerns about the future of Holocaust memory ...
Germany's Merz says ban on far-right AfD won't solve problem
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...
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After Germany’s Elections, the AfD Could Still Have the Last Laugh
A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...
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A Tricky Challenge for Germany’s New Government: a Far-Right Opposition
Now, following their disastrous performance in February’s federal elections, the Social Democrats may lose the room to the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which came in second and ...
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German spy agency pauses 'extremist' classification for AfD party, local court says
The BfV won't refer to the AfD as a "right-wing extremist movement" until the court ruleson an AfD motion to issue a temporary injunction. Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader ...
Germany Still Doesn’t Know What to Do With the Far-Right AfD
The party’s rise has created one political crisis. Any attempt to ban it would create another.
German prosecutors move to strip AfD lawmaker's immunity amid bribery probe
Public prosecutors in Germany have moved to strip a politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) of his ...
Cotton asks Gabbard not to share intel with Germany that can be used against far-right party
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with ...