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Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...
Clash between leading figures of Germany's AfD highlights tensions within the party
Germany’s far-right AfD is looking to moderate its stance in an effort to avoid a potential ban. A recent dispute between prominent figures Maximilian Krah and Martin Sellner highlights the ...
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Fact-check: Are immigrants in Germany taking advantage of the welfare state?
Germany’s Bundestag debated the national budget on Wednesday and the far-right AfD party leapt at the chance to blame ...
Establishment Bureaucrats Move Forward With Plan To Repress Popular German Right-Wing Party
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) officially launched an effort seeking to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, ...
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How Germany’s great conservative hope became Friedrich Merz’s greatest liability
Jens Spahn, the powerful parliamentary leader of Merz's centre-right, faces a reckoning over Covid-era procurement calls that ...
Germany’s AfD pledges to tone down its rowdiness in parliament
The number of reprimands issued in the Bundestag reached its highest postwar level during the last parliament. Two-thirds of ...
German lawmakers vote to suspend family reunions for many migrants
German lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunions for many migrants. It's part of a drive by the new conservative-led ...
Afghan refugees stuck in Pakistan as Germany halts entry programme
BERLIN/ISLAMABAD - In a cramped guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing ...