Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer tooThe fear that a fascist, far-right movement would rise to power again in Germany has been with me since...
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Read MoreAlternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalismEurope live – latest updatesGerman officials have called for a tightening of laws for known...
Read MoreProblems caused by underinvestment are being seized on by the far right as evidence of ‘state failure’Waiting for the M49 bus to the zoo, Wolfgang, 82, peers down at the crumpled concrete and metal rubble below, the remains of a...
Read MoreLeader of victorious conservative alliance says continent must build defence capability as US moves towards ‘America alone’ mottoThe man expected to be Germany’s next chancellor has said Europe must act swiftly to increase its...
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Read MoreDonald Trump has made it clear he is ‘fairly indifferent to Europe’s fate’, says CDU leader who plans to form a coalition by EasterConservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles supportThe CDU/CSU alliance is keen...
Read MoreConservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz could unseat chancellor Olaf Scholz but threat of gains by far-right AfD looms largeGerman election 2025: results in full – liveOpinion is divided as Germany faces what some describe...
Read MoreEurope holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroadsGerman voters go to the polls today but it’s a different world to when the campaign began only a few weeks ago.Nearly...
Read MoreExclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD votersMost people in the UK and Germany consider Elon Musk’s efforts to influence their national politics unacceptable and...
Read MoreTraditional Britain Group’s London conference includes speaker from Germany’s AfD party and far-right activistsA group that emerged out of a faction of the Conservative party has become a forum for Britain’s splintered far...
Read MoreOlaf Scholz’s SPD appears to have made late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaignThe far-right Alternative für Deutschland party appears to have narrowly missed out on victory in an election in...
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