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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany

Dresden marks WWII bombing in far-right stronghold

  • 13th February 2020,
  • by
    Ben Knight
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier did his best to balance German aggression and victimhood at the 75th anniversary..
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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany

Erfurt reels after far-right parliament vote

  • 9th February 2020,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The eastern German city of Erfurt has just gone through one of its most traumatic weeks..
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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany

Germany’s populist AfD appeals to Saxony’s ‘bourgeois’ small-town voters

  • 26th August 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The town of Bautzen is picturesque, prosperous and hasn’t had trouble with refugees for years. Nevertheless,..
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German politics - The Guardian

Is Germany’s media to blame for the inexorable rise of the AfD?

  • 14th November 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The way journalists do business with politicians – being spoonfed – is a cosy arrangement that
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Flying High on Pessimism

  • 30th October 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The far-right AfD has gained ever more popularity since its breakthrough in 2017. The party’s rise..
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As Seen In - Awkward Situations - EXBERLINER - German politics

A night with Bärgida

  • 3rd April 2017,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Two years after the height of the Pegida movement, who’s still demonstrating against the “Islamisation of..
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As Seen In - Deutsche Welle - Feature Story - German politics - Germany

A guide to Germany’s right

  • 14th December 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
There has been much talk of a rightward shift in European politics this year, though Germany’s..
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German politics - Germany - The Guardian

German Eurosceptics win state seats in Saxony

  • 1st September 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Alternative für Deutschland beats two mainstream rivals, as leader declares party has ‘arrived on political landscape.’
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