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Can Europe’s new ‘conservative left’ persuade voters to abandon the far right?

Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party aims to transform German politics – but like its peers across western Europe, it may struggle, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

The Guardian view on Germany’s far right: it’s penetrating the mainstream

Editorial: Recent revelations confirm that dangerously extreme forces are at work in the Alternative für Deutschland party, which lies second in the polls

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024

Demonstrations against the far right held in Germany following a report on a deportation meeting

Thousands of people have gathered in Germany for demonstrations against the far right, among them Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his foreign minister

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024

‘The mood is heating up’: Germany fears strikes will play into hands of far right

Angry protests by farmers, hauliers and railway workers risk being exploited by populists such as Alternative für Deutschland

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Make or break for the EU? Europeans vote in June with far right on the rise

Ever more of the continent’s 400 million voters feel the bloc is important enough to warrant casting their ballot

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024

AfD ally wins mayoral election in east Germany

Result in Pirna is party’s second mayoral win in east in six months and first time it has taken a lord mayor post

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Serbian elections took place under ‘unjust conditions,’ international observers say – as it happened

Day after Aleksandar Vučić’s populist ruling party declared victory, concerns raised over vote-buying and ballot box stuffing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Why did a far-right MP take a fire extinguisher to a Jewish menorah just as Poland's new government was being voted into power?

In an attack caught on video, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah candles on a menorah positioned in a public area of the building, filling the room with mist and covering bystanders with foam. Grzegorz Braun, an MP for the…

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2023

‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing

Many say Germany’s historical responsibility for Nazi crimes makes it hard for people to criticise Gaza strategy

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

German heat pump rollout at risk as government suspends climate subsidies

Move could also undermine nine funding programmes, covering schemes from energy efficient homes to cargo bikes provision

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023