Poll: German far-rightists would win 10% if vote held today
‘Alternative for Germany’ riding on wave of anti-immigrant sentiment’; party head calls on Merkel to resign over refugee crsis
View ArticleGermany refugee influx sparks surge in racist hate crimes
Daily attacks reported against foreigners; few are convicted while far-right anti-migrant politicians rise in polls
View ArticleMass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees
‘Lumping’ the New Year’s Eve attacks with the refugee issue ‘is nothing but exploitation,’ warns justice minister
View ArticleGerman populist party eyes gains despite ‘shoot the migrants’ uproar
Radical right, anti-Euro party Alternative for Germany gets 12 percent in public opinion poll over anti-migrant message
View ArticleAs refugees flood in, German Jews are torn between embrace and worry
The Cologne Jewish community’s dilemma over teenage refugees living opposite the city’s synagogue is a microcosm of German Jewry’s concerns over the migrant wave
View ArticleAnti-migrant German populist party surges in local polls
Alternative for Germany becomes third largest party in western state of Hesse, eroding ruling party’s support
View ArticleAs refugees pour into Europe, far-right populists gain ground
Anti-migrant parties are surging from Hungary to Germany to Slovakia
View ArticleNationalist party set for gains as 3 German states vote
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, formed three years ago, seeks ‘secure borders’ amid unprecedented migrant influx
View ArticleFar right parties soar, hammering Merkel in German vote
Alternative for Germany takes 15% and 12% in southwest states, and 24% in eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt amid growing anti-migrant sentiment
View ArticleHead of German anti-Islam group due in court for hate speech
Lutz Bachmann, founder of far-right PEGIDA, charged with inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts
View ArticleGerman party calls for end to ritual slaughter
Alternative for Germany, which scored three state parliament victories in March, also seeks ban on ritual circumcision, headscarves
View ArticleGerman leader joins battle to halt rise of France’s far-right
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen decries ‘outrageous and humiliating interference’ by Angela Merkel
View ArticleAfter failed talks, right-wing German party takes aim at Islam
Senior members of AfD slam local Muslims for failing to renounce religious beliefs that clash with constitution
View ArticleGerman leftist leader hit with cake over migrant crisis
‘Anti-fascist’ activists say they struck opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht with cake after she called for limits to refugee influx
View ArticleGerman populist party slams Muslim soccer player Ozil
Leader of far-right ‘Alternative for Germany’ party attacks Turkish-German player for Mecca pilgrimage, not singing anthem
View ArticleGerman far-right leader blasts ‘dictator’ Merkel
‘Alternative for Germany’ pol accuses government of attempting to ‘gradually replace’ Germans with foreigners
View ArticleGerman vice-chancellor compares populist AfD to Nazis
Sigmar Gabriel accuses far-right populists of pining for ‘when Wehrmacht songs were sung in the evenings over beers’
View ArticleGerman lawmaker accused of anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial
Wolfgang Gedeon avoids party expulsion until experts weigh in on writings in which he calls the Holocaust a ‘civil religion of the West’
View ArticleBavaria bomber chatted online just before explosion
State interior minister says the former IS fighter spoke with a contact who had ‘significant influence’ over attack
View ArticleGerman Jewish leaders: Far-right party’s strong showing in election a...
Alternative for Germany, founded in 2013, has seen mounting successes in state elections
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