spectator.com.au5d
Germany’s crumbling far-right firewall could turbocharge the AfD
After winning a Bundestag motion to reinstate border controls with votes of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the chamber rejected a law on to clamp down on migration. Merz’s use of the AfD ...
Politico Europe4d
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Many mainstream leaders worry a pre-election debate on banning Alternative for Germany will only boost the party ahead of a national election.
Couriermail7d
German conservatives bet on far-right support but lose key vote
CDU chief Friedrich Merz, the election frontrunner, defied a passionate outcry and noisy street protests to seek the parliamentary support of the Alternative for Germany party for a second time ...
dw7d
Germany: What is the 'AfD firewall'?
It states: "The CDU in Germany rejects coalitions and similar forms of cooperation with both the Left Party and the Alternative for Germany." Immediately after the collapse of Scholz's coalition ...
Politico Europe8d
German lawmakers can’t agree whether to seek ban on far-right AfD
BERLIN — Will it help or hurt the far right? German parliamentarians are set to debate a hotly contested proposal on banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), but there’s little consensus, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation12d
Elon Musk tells Germany's far-right AfD it's the 'best hope for the future'
US tech billionaire Elon Musk has again endorsed the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party in Germany ahead of elections. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters turned out against the ...
The Statesman5d
How far right will Germany go?
Troublingly, the AfD is now firmly entrenched as Germany’s secondmost popular political party, behind the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Like all parties in German elections ...
Yahoo5d
Thousands demonstrate in Germany against working with the far right
to push through reforms to migration laws in parliament with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Sebastian Willnow/dpa ...
The Independent7d
Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote
They are areas where anti-immigration parties such as the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to do well. In 2023 more than 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany.
The New York Times11d
Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany. By Jim Tankersley and ...
The Gazette8d
Alternative for Germany party goes mainstream after historic vote on immigration restrictions
The Alternative for Germany party helped conservatives push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold this week, breaking the long-standing "firewall" separating the party from ...