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Germany’s historical guilt haunts opponents of Israeli war in Gaza

Germany’s responsibility for the Holocaust underlines Berlin’s staunch defence of Israel and its bans on expressions of Palestinian solidarity, which authorities blame for a rise in anti-Semitism. But critics say the state is failing German Jews opposed to Israel’s policies and stifling the freedom of expression of immigrants.

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Germany is a good place to be Jewish. Unless, like me, you’re a Jew who criticises Israel

The pro-Israel political consensus has shut out any dissenting voices – as I found in a TV debate with the vice-chancellor, says author Deborah Feldman

The Guardian - UK

With the far right on the rise, it’s a bad time to live in Germany – but a worse time to leave

The growing support for AfD and other hardliners is frightening for minorities. But we’ll keep on showing them we belong here, says Guardian columnist Fatma Aydemir

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In Germany, the anti-immigrant left is on the rise. Will it hold back the far right – or help it?

Well-known MP Sahra Wagenknecht has announced plans for a new party that could shift the fragile balance of German politics, says Berlin-based writer Peter Kuras

The Guardian - UK

Lawmaker from Germany’s AfD suspected of displaying Nazi symbols

Daniel Halemba was part of a fraternity that was raided in September on suspicion of displaying Nazi symbols.

Al Jazeera

German firebrand politician quits far-left Die Linke to set up her own party

Sahra Wagenknecht joined by nine other MPs in migration-sceptical party which will court unhappy voters on left and right

The Guardian - UK

Prominent German leftist to launch a new party that could eat into far-right's support

A prominent German leftist politician has launched plans to form a new party that some observers think could take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany

The Independent UK

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Far-right AfD makes unprecedented election gains in west Germany, worrying national government

Germany’s governing three-party coalition under Olaf Scholz has already had a difficult time this year. But things just got significantly worse with recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria, two of the country’s most prosperous states.

The Conversation

Far-right AfD says it is now ‘major all-German party’ after state elections

Alternative für Deutschland comes second in Hesse and third in Bavaria as support spreads from east of country

The Guardian - UK

German far-right leader says gains in state election show her party has 'arrived'

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany says her party is no longer a primarily eastern German phenomenon after a pair of strong state election performances in the country’s more prosperous west

The Independent UK

German prosecutors say witness evidence so far doesn't suggest a far-right leader was assaulted

German news agency dpa is reporting that prosecutors have said that testimony from witnesses hasn’t revealed any indication so far that a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was assaulted at an election rally

The Independent UK

German prosecutors are investigating whether a leader of the far-right AfD party was assaulted

German prosecutors say they have launched an investigation into the alleged assault of a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an election rally

The Independent UK

From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Conversation

Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

Officials across Germany are sounding the alarm that they are no longer able to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum

The Independent UK

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German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. It’s beginning to crack

Germany is far more resilient to populism than its European neighbours, says John Kampfner, author of In Search of Berlin

France 24

Mayoral race in small town highlights rise of Germany's far-right AfD party

The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora.

The Independent UK

A mayoral race in a small city highlights the rise of Germany's far-right AfD party

The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Europe’s politics: volatile and drifting rightwards

Editorial: New research exposes the growing influence of the radical right on more mainstream forces. A counteroffensive is overdue

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The Guardian - UK

Prospective AfD mayor ‘will be barred from Holocaust events’

Jörg Prophet, who wants Germany to abandon its ‘guilt cult’, could become party’s first city mayor

The Guardian - UK

AfD politician to stand trial in Germany charged with using banned Nazi slogan

Björn Höcke, who chairs far-right party in Thuringa state, is accused of intentionally using SA slogan in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s Die Linke party closer to splitting after co-chair resigns

Dietmar Bartsch’s departure comes days after his co-chair of the leftwing party, Amira Mohamed Ali, resigned

The Independent UK

German far-right says the EU is a 'failed project' as it prepares for European Parliament elections

The far-right Alternative for Germany has declared the European Union a “failed project” in its current form as it adopts its program for next June’s European Parliament election at its party convention in the eastern city of Magdeburg

The Independent UK

German far-right leader urges conservatives to break down 'firewall' against his party

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany is urging members of the country’s main opposition conservative bloc to break down a “firewall” meant to isolate his party, which is at record levels in polls

The Independent UK

Two teachers called out far-right activities at their German school. Then they had to leave town.

Two teachers in eastern Germany say they spent months unsuccessfully trying to counter the far-right atmosphere at their small town high school

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