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..
German Eurosceptics win state seats in Saxony
- 1st September 2014,
Alternative für Deutschland beats two mainstream rivals, as leader declares party has ‘arrived on political landscape.’