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Ulrich Siegmund, the main candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany at the Saxony-Anhalt state election, and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel celebrate after exit polls following Saxony-Anhalt’s state elections at the fairgrounds in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on September 6, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
Merz's CDU is in distant second place with 18%
Exit polls show big win for Germany’s far-right AfD in state election, but government elusive
By Agencies
Winning some 44% of vote, too early to tell if victory will pave way for country's first far-right state government since WWII, as all major parties have ruled out cooperation
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s top candidate for regional elections Ulrich Siegmund gives a speech during the AfD’s regional congress in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on April 11, 2026. (RONNY HARTMANN/AFP)
September 5, 2026, 1:07 pm
German far-right AfD party’s projected win puts Jews between the left and a hard place
Populist Alternative for Germany faces accusations of antisemitism as it’s poised to win big in Sunday’s elections in state of Saxony-Anhalt. What does it bode for a beleaguered Jewish community?
By Joshua Schultheis
German Army soldiers next to a 'Fuchs' nuclear, biological and chemical detection tank covered with a decontamination liquid after a drill at the General Jaeger barracks in Sonthofen, southern Germany, November 19, 2001. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
August 10, 2026, 7:58 am
In the army, again? 80 years after the Holocaust, Germany’s Jews consider conscription
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mobilizes unprecedented support for military among young Jews, though many still can’t reconcile themselves with past crimes – or far-right bigotry today
By Joshua Schultheis
From left, Family Minister Karin Prien, Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt carry flowers as they visit Tiergarten park after an attacker rammed a vehicle into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, July 26, 2026. (Annegret Hilse/Pool Photo via AP)
July 27, 2026, 7:00 pm
Merz vows action after Berlin Pride attack amid outcry that suspect was not in jail
Assailant, German of Lebanese descent, was recently convicted of preparing violent act, was suspected of trying to join ISIS, but was out of prison; far right calls for crackdown
By Agencies
Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's top candidate for the regional elections in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, speaks to the delegates during the state party convention in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on July 11, 2026. (Jens SCHLÜTER / AFP)
July 11, 2026, 5:35 pm
Germany’s AfD vows to expel all migrants without legal status if it wins eastern region
Far-right party, which is leading rival conservatives in polls, says it aims to shift school curricula away from what it deems an excessive focus on Nazi-era guilt
By AFP
Protesters scuffle with police officers before a party convention of Alternative for Germany, or AfD in Erfurt, Germany, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
July 4, 2026, 1:16 pm
German police clash with protesters trying to disrupt far-right AfD party convention
Alternative for Germany, nation’s largest opposition party, votes to extend co-leaders’ tenure at Erfurt in show of unity, as election gains test mainstream’s ‘firewall’ around it
By david keyton, PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and EBRAHIM NOROOZI
Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party speaks at a campaign rally in front of the Berlin City Hall on June 29, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
July 3, 2026, 12:52 pm
Far-right Alternative for Germany buoyant as it eyes slice of power in regional elections
Anti-migration nationalist party upbeat ahead of weekend summit despite expected protests, as it looks to take state government in Saxony-Anhalt in September vote
By Geir Moulson
A delegate casts his vote during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
June 30, 2026, 5:40 pm
German intelligence says almost half of AfD party members potential far-right extremists
Government report estimates 28,000 of Alternative for Germany’s 70,000 members have potential for right-wing extremism, as far-right party outstrips chancellor’s in national polls
By Miranda Murray
Martin Reichardt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's chairman for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, speaks at the AfD's federal party congress at the trade fair in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
June 27, 2026, 8:16 am
German far-right leader appears to make ‘Hitler salute’ in photo as party surges
2020 photo shows AFD lawmaker Martin Reichardt raising his left arm as another man kneels before him, apparently while applying to join party and calling Reichardt ‘Mein Führer’
By Shira Li Bartov
US Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shake hands during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary on April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
April 9, 2026, 4:10 pm
Trump’s Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies
Though JD Vance gets warm reception in Hungary, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni wouldn’t let US use air base for Iran strikes, and France’s Marine Le Pen called war goals ‘erratic’
By Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike
German Chancellor and leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz gives a speech during his CDU's party congress in Stuttgart, southern Germany, February 20, 2026. (Thomas Kienzle / AFP)
February 20, 2026, 11:11 pm
Germany’s Merz vows to keep out far-right as he warns of a changed world
At Christian Democrat party conference ahead of series of state elections, chancellor vows to not let AfD ‘ruin’ Germany
By Reuters
A party member walks in front of a stand during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization as "Generation Deutschland" in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025. (Martin Meissner/AP)
February 3, 2026, 7:58 pm
Germany says far-right AfD party’s new youth wing maintains extremist links
Interior Ministry finds speeches at founding conference had racial, ethnocentric ‘understanding of nation,’ reflected hostility against ‘free democratic order’
By AFP
Conservative US political activist Jack Posobiec and New York Young Republican Club President Stefano Loudaros Forte hold up rosaries at the New York Young Republican Club's 113th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on December 13, 2025, in New York City. (Adam Gray / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 16, 2025, 7:32 pm
Antisemitism tensions rise as NYC Young Republicans host white supremacists, Germany’s AfD
Jewish Republican US lawmaker Inna Vernikov turns down invitation despite ‘honored guest’ status, slamming the party’s ‘hard right wing’
By Joseph Strauss
German lawmaker Matthias Moosdorf campaigns for the right-wing populist AfD party in Zwckau, Germany, on May 10, 2021. (Courtesy of Moosdorf/File)
December 15, 2025, 11:36 pm
Far-right German lawmaker charged for alleged Nazi salute in parliament
Prosecutors allege AfD MP Matthias Moosdorf performed a heel click and Hitler salute in 2023; he rejects charges, says authorities trying to ‘fabricate a political spectacle’
By Reuters
People demonstrate against the planned re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, early Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
November 29, 2025, 11:32 am
Thousands protest as Germany’s far-right AfD to launch new youth wing
Party hopes to exert greater control over new group after the previous youth party was declared a proven right-wing extremist group by authorities and dissolved
By Agencies
Henrik Lenkeit (courtesy)
November 15, 2025, 7:17 am
German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler
After recognizing his grandmother as the SS master’s lover in a photo, couples therapist Henrik Lenkeit’s research confirmed he is grandson of notorious SS leader
By Matt Lebovic
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