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Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate Joerg Prophet poses as he campaigns for local elections in Nordhausen, central Germany, on September 21, 2023. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
September 24, 2023, 1:40 pm
German far-right candidate tipped to win mayoral race in city near former Nazi camp
Joerg Prophet, who once called for end of German ‘guilt cult’ over Holocaust, will likely lead city of Nordhausen, near slave labor camp where V-2 rockets were built
By Femke COLBORNE
People hold flags during a demonstration by Germany's nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) on May Day in Erfurt, central Germany, May 1, 2017. (AP/Jens Meyer)
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
By AP
Thuringia's State Premier of the left-wing 'Die Linke' party Bodo Ramelow reacts during the elections of Thuringia's prime minister on February 5, 2020, in the Thuringian state parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
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
By AP
One day after the election of Thuringia's State Premier, a woman holds a placard reading 'Shame on you' during a protest in front of the State Chancellery in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on February 6, 2020 (Jens Schlueter / AFP)
February 15, 2020, 8:04 am
Germans to hit the streets against deals with far right in eastern state
After AfD scandal in Thuringia, 10,000 expected to rally under the banner: ‘No pacts with fascists any time or anywhere!’
By Mathieu FOULKES
Christian Hirte, the German government's former commissioner for the country's east, in a 2019 interview (video screenshot)
February 8, 2020, 3:02 pm
Germany’s Merkel fires party official following far-right election fiasco
Christian Hirte of German leader’s CDU had congratulated new state governor, elected with help of AfD, leading to calls for his removal by chancellor’s coalition partners
By Agencies
Newly elected Prime Minister of Thuringia Thomas Kemmerich of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) addresses a press conference at the State Chancellery in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on February 6, 2020. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)
February 6, 2020, 6:56 pm
German state premier quits after winning ‘unforgivable’ far-right support
A day after taking office, Thuringia PM Thomas Kemmerich laments his election victory came with votes of Alternative for Germany party, calls new elections amid nationwide outrage
By Michelle Fitzpatrick
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 5, 2020. (Jens Meyer/AP)
February 6, 2020, 2:13 pm
Merkel says German governor’s election with far-right help is ‘inexcusable’
Thomas Kemmerich faces calls to resign after winning vote in eastern state of Thuringia by relying on support of Alternative for Germany to defeat left-wing incumbent
By AP
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