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Opinion polls and local election results currently make unhappy reading for Germany’s government. In fact, the consistently strong performance of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Europe’s largest member state (and arguably the member state with the best reasons to ward off a far-right challenge) is worrying for everyone.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader says large-scale migration is one of the country’s biggest problems and the main reason for a recent surge in support for the far right

The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right Alternative of Germany in a rural eastern region recently has lead to concern among opponents of the party

Leaders of Germany’s main opposition bloc are calling for voters turned off by the government to back them in two major state elections this fall

Whether in Italy, Spain, France or Finland, parties that were once outcasts are fast gaining respectability – and power

Footage emerges day after Thuringia became first German state to elect a mayor from far-right Alternative für Deutschland party

Alternative for Germany’s victory leads to outpouring of despair and recrimination from other parties and civil groups.

German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country’s main far-right party won control of a county administration

The far right has made a dramatic return to Greek politics after general elections on Sunday, while in Germany the AfD party won its first ever district election.

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has caused shock across the political spectrum by winning an election for the first time in the party’s 10-year history.

Germany's government says the country is shaped by values such as tolerance and respect and has called for them to be upheld a day after a far-right party won control of a county administration for the first time