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November 29, 2020, 8:45 am
Germany’s far-right AfD holds congress officials say could become virus hotspot
Party, which positioned itself alongside extremists railing against government policy to tackle pandemic, had to agree to social distancing, masks to get approval for gathering
By
Isabelle Le Page
September 29, 2020, 7:28 am
German far-right party fires official for comment on shooting, gassing migrants
Christian Lueth of AfD already suspended from post as parliamentary spokesman after allegedly describing himself as a ‘fascist’
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AP
August 30, 2020, 9:56 am
Global virus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record
India sees highest daily case rate with 78,761 infections; nearly 843,000 have died from coronavirus worldwide; countries tighten restrictions to stem outbreak
By
Glenda Kwek
August 29, 2020, 11:28 am
Berlin braces for protest against COVID-19 restrictions after court gives okay
MP from left-wing party calls for counter-protests: ‘There must be no tolerance towards racists, anti-Semites, right-wing extremists and Nazis’
By
Isabelle Le Page
July 9, 2020, 3:20 pm
Germany sees rise in number of right-wing extremists
Spike of nearly 8,000 mainly due to inclusion of members of far-right Alternative for Germany party; number of far-left and Islamic extremists each up by some 1,500
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AP
July 1, 2020, 7:24 pm
German parliament warns against annexation, but doesn’t threaten sanctions
Non-binding motion proposed by ruling parties says unilateral move would ‘jeopardize Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state’; far-right AfD signals tacit support
By
Raphael Ahren
June 20, 2020, 6:20 am
Court halts German far-right figure’s expulsion from AfD party
Regional leader of Alternative for Germany, Andreas Kalbitz, retains rights in political faction after its national leadership voted him out due to undisclosed ties to extremists
By
AP
June 15, 2020, 8:23 pm
German police place regional chapter of far-right AfD under surveillance
Brandenburg official says ‘important factual indications’ indicate party branch in the state is ‘striving against the free democratic order’
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AFP
May 7, 2020, 8:59 am
German far-right politician slammed for calling Nazi defeat ‘an ambivalent day’
Alternative for Germany’s Alexander Gauland says end of conflict marked a ‘loss of the possibility to shape things’ and should not be made a holiday
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AP
May 7, 2020, 2:32 am
Yair Netanyahu is poster boy for a German far-right politician
AfD member Joachim Kuh using quote from PM’s son calling for death of EU and return of a ‘Christian’ Europe, together with a picture of him, in propaganda post
By
Ben Sales
April 27, 2020, 12:56 am
German far-right party to drop ‘fascist’ spokesman proud of ‘Aryan’ grandfather
Christian Lueth, longtime AfD spokesperson, reportedly made comments in an online chat with a woman who is not a party member
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AFP
February 25, 2020, 8:40 am
German far-right party laments isolation by rivals, media
AfD accused of stoking the kind of anti-migrant sentiment that led to shooting of 9 people in Hanau; senior official refuses to distance himself from faction suspected of extremism
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AP
February 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
German carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of deadly attack
Parade floats in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz feature commentary on hatred, days after German man killed 9 people of foreign background before apparently killing his mother, himself
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AP
February 23, 2020, 3:09 pm
Germany admits there’s a far-right problem, but what can be done?
After shooting rampage targeting immigrants and last year’s anti-Semitic Yom Kippur attack, government is under pressure to act but is struggling to find answers
By
David Rising
February 23, 2020, 2:32 pm
German state lawmakers at center of far-right scandal agree on governor
After fiasco caused by election of Thuringia’s new leader with AfD support, Merkel’s party agrees to support reelection of previous state governor, Bodo Ramelow
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AP
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