Germany’s political outliers embarrassing their parties
- 6th July 2021,
All major German political parties have a politician who knows how to play to the gallery with carefully honed outrageous statements — to the..
Who is Germany’s ‘New Right’?
- 18th June 2021,
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has started paying more attention to the “New Right,” the movement that..
Why young eastern German voters support the far-right AfD
- 11th June 2021,
If Germany’s recent regional election had been decided by young people, the far-right AfD would have..
Dresden marks WWII bombing in far-right stronghold
- 13th February 2020,
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier did his best to balance German aggression and victimhood at the 75th anniversary..
Erfurt reels after far-right parliament vote
- 9th February 2020,
The eastern German city of Erfurt has just gone through one of its most traumatic weeks..
Germany’s populist AfD appeals to Saxony’s ‘bourgeois’ small-town voters
- 26th August 2019,
The town of Bautzen is picturesque, prosperous and hasn’t had trouble with refugees for years. Nevertheless,..
Is Germany’s media to blame for the inexorable rise of the AfD?
- 14th November 2018,
The way journalists do business with politicians – being spoonfed – is a cosy arrangement that
Flying High on Pessimism
- 30th October 2018,
The far-right AfD has gained ever more popularity since its breakthrough in 2017. The party’s rise..
Two years after the height of the Pegida movement, who’s still demonstrating against the “Islamisation of..
A guide to Germany’s right
- 14th December 2014,
There has been much talk of a rightward shift in European politics this year, though Germany’s..