Merkel coalition catches a break as it stems advance of far-right populists
Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition caught a breather Sunday as its main parties stemmed a surge by Germany's far-right populists in two elections in the former communist east. The euroskeptic, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD),trailed the incumbent Social Democrats by about 4 percentage points in ...
Assassination of German pro-migrant politician raises 'alarm bell' over neo-Nazi threat
Germans have voiced shock at the suspected far-right murder of a pro-migrant official, fueling debate on Tuesday on whether the country has failed to take seriously a rising threat from neo-Nazis. Prosecutors on Monday said they suspected an extremist motive in the assassination-style shooting of ...
Far-right Alternative for Germany fails to get its first mayor but bags 45% of the vote
In a bellwether election Sunday ahead of three key regional polls, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party lost its bid to capture its first mayor's office in the country. In a runoff ballot in Goerlitz, Octavian Ursu, 51, a Romanian-born classical musician from Chancellor ...
Anti-Semitic offences rose almost 10 percent in Germany last year, and violent attacks were up more than 60 percent, crime statistics showed Wednesday, sparking alarm in the Jewish community. Police recorded 1,646 offenses motivated by hatred against Jews, the highest level in a decade, said ...
Anti-immigrant AfD lawmakers walk out on Holocaust survivor's speech in Bavaria legislature
Lawmakers from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) walked out of the Bavarian parliament on Wednesday after a Jewish community leader accused the party during a speech to commemorate the Holocaust of playing down Nazi crimes. "A party is represented here today that disparages those ...
German spy agency to launch anti-extremism probe into far-right opposition party AfD
Germany's domestic spy agency will investigate Alternative for Germany (AfD) to see whether the anti-immigrant party's policies breach constitutional safeguards against extremism, its chief said on Tuesday. The BfV has classified Germany's main opposition party as a "case to investigate," domestic intelligence chief Thomas Haldenwang ...
Breaching a postwar taboo, German far right dallies with 'Dexit' from EU
As the British Parliament prepares for a crucial Brexit vote Tuesday, Germany's far right voted Sunday to break a national taboo by campaigning to quit the European Union if its demand for reforms within the bloc are not met. A party congress gathered in Riesa ...
Around 25,000 people braved the rain in Munich on Sunday to protest the hard-line immigration stance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies three months before they face a tough state election in Bavaria. The protest is another sign of the Christian Social Union's (CSU) waning ...
Beer hall putsch the sequel: Munich court tells pub of Hitler fame to let right-wing party gather
A court in Munich has ruled that the tavern where Adolf Hitler gave his first public speech must permit a right-wing party to hold an event. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that the Hofbraeukeller must honor a contract with the Alternative for Germany party ...
