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AfD struggles to form government in Germany despite landmark election victory
Founded in 2013 as a eurosceptic movement, the AfD won over voters with an increasingly hardline opposition to immigration after around a million people fled to Germany in 2015.
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local elections, fended off by mainstream parties
Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government
Germany’s far-right AfD, riding state win, targets more gains in elections from east to west
Will AfD’s historic win affect Holocaust remembrance in Germany? - analysis
Some of Alternative for Germany's regional branches, including in Saxony-Anhalt, have been classified as right-wing extremist organizations by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.
Far-right AfD's Weidel targets 40% in next German federal election after state victory
"My stated goal is to significantly widen the gap in a very short time and grow to at least 40% for the next federal election," said Weidel.
European leaders voice concern as Germany's far-right AfD wins key state election
"It seems they're just a few votes short of an absolute majority, but this is indeed a very worrying sign," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Radio Vox FM.
How will an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt impact Germany - and should Jews be worried?
German voters in Saxony-Anhalt could give the right-wing extremist political party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, its most significant achievement since its founding in 2013.
Germany’s far-right AfD wins historic 44% in Saxony-Anhalt election, exit polls show
While short of an overall majority, the AfD won 44% of the vote and delivered a drubbing to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, reflecting the deep unpopularity of Germany's ruling coalition.
German intelligence flags rise in AfD's right-wing extremist potential
The AfD rejects the accusations that its views are extremist and has said the intelligence service's assessments are politically motivated.
AfD speaker gives Hitler-like speech at Generation Germany event
Some suspect Alexander Eichwald may have been pulling a stunt by delivering the controversial speech.
Steinmeier becomes first German head of state to visit Guernica since 1937 Nazi bombing
The German president laid a wreath at a cemetery housing a mausoleum built in 1973 for hundreds of victims of the bombings.
'Go to Auschwitz': Former German Jewish student president sent antisemitic death threats
The letter, which was shared with Post, begins with a note that reads "Oh Hanna, you are a very sweet Judensau, let's go to Auschwitz and have a party for a happy holocaust."
Germany's new challenges 80 years after VE day: AfD, antisemitism, and new politics
EUROPE AFFAIRS: The political climate in Germany is shifting as the AfD rises in power, raising concerns about the future of Holocaust memory and the country’s commitment to Shoah remembrance.
