AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Shocks Germany and Clouds Merz’s Agenda

German vote shows rise of far right in Europe, but it hasn’t been a steady march - AP News

German vote shows rise of far right in Europe, but it hasn’t been a steady march  AP News

Anti-AfD protests sweep Germany as far right closes in on two more states

Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory ‘It breaks my heart’: victory sparks dismay Europe live – latest updates Thousands of Germans have staged protests against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) after the party’s watershed victory in a state election, warning it posed a danger in two more polls this month. Demonstrators at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate held a peaceful pro-democracy rally denouncing the anti...

By Deborah Cole in Berlin

The far right’s win in Germany is sending a chill through the establishment in Europe - CNN

The far right’s win in Germany is sending a chill through the establishment in Europe  CNN

AfD victory in a German state election clouds Merz’s reform agenda

Far-right party’s win reflects public’s frustration with bureaucracy, the cost of living and economic insecurity

By Maria Martinez

German economy frets about Saxony-Anhalt election results

The AfD won the election in the eastern German state by a wide margin. While politicians and election analysts are still debating the reasons for the far-right party's popularity, economists are sounding the alarm.

French Far Right Keeps Guarded Silence Over AfD Germany Triumph - Barron's

French Far Right Keeps Guarded Silence Over AfD Germany Triumph  Barron's

What is Germany's political 'firewall' and can it keep out the AfD?

Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has established itself as a significant political force in the 13 years since its founding, but it has never been part of any state or federal government. That’s a result of what is often called a “firewall” against cooperation with the anti-immigrant, far-right party. France 24's Philip Turle explains.

By FRANCE24

Germany’s Merz ‘deeply shocked’ at far-right election win, doubles down on unpopular agenda

After AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, the chancellor says reform "determination is unbroken," even as his party lost half its support.

By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press

The far right’s win in Germany is sending a chill through the establishment in Europe

Does AfD's big win in Germany signal a 'far right' uprising in Europe?

Many years ago, Otto von Bismarck observed that politics was “the art of the possible”. The modern European establishment appears to have inverted the Iron Chancellor’s maxim. Politics has increasingly become the art of explaining to voters why what they want is impossible, irresponsible, xenophobic, Islamophobic, nativist or, inevitably, far right. And made it impossible to vote for the so-called far-right party that’s actually willing to admit there’s a problem.

By NIRMALYA DUTTA

Will AfD’s historic win affect Holocaust remembrance in Germany? - analysis

Some of Alternative for Germany's regional branches, including in Saxony-Anhalt, have been classified as right-wing extremist organizations by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.

Germany's Merz under pressure after AfD's landslide win in state election

How did the AfD become so powerful in Germany?

Who is voting for the party, why is it particularly strong in eastern Germany, and what could its rise mean for the country as a whole? Deutsche Welle political correspondent and AfD specialist Matthew Moore joins us.

Far-right win tests German post-Nazi ‘firewall’

No far-right party has governed a German city or state since World War II

By Peter Weber, The Week US

Saxony-Anhalt election delivers a blow to Merz

Time is on the AfD’s side - eKathimerini.com

Time is on the AfD’s side  eKathimerini.com

AfD eyes federal power after record state win

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has set its sights on federal power after its record state election victory, a result that has deepened unease among the country’s immigrant communities, including its large Turkish population.

When Will There Be An 'Alternative For Canada'?

When Will There Be An 'Alternative For Canada'? Authored by Mark E. Jeftovic via Bombthrower, On Sunday, Germany's Alternative für Deutschland won Saxony-Anhalt, which shouldn't really surprise anyone, but is being treated by the media like some kind of Black Swan event, blindsiding us all. The AfD won 43.8% of the vote, more than doubling its result from five years ago and crushing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU, which came in at 17.2%. Apparently, if it wasn't for mail-in vot...

By Tyler Durden

Far-right win leaves Germany’s Merz shaken as AfD plots path to power - The Kathmandu Post

Far-right win leaves Germany’s Merz shaken as AfD plots path to power  The Kathmandu Post