The Latest Breaking News from Björn Höcke

Likely win in Thuringia and second place in Saxony highlight how eastern voters are asserting their own political identity

Alternative für Deutschland leader speaks of ‘historic success’ of top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony

Exit polls show strong performance for far-right Alternative für Deutschland in both German state elections

With voters rejecting mainstream politics, many expect a disastrous results outcome for Olaf Scholz’s coalition

Political landscape faces upheaval as far-right AfD and left-conservative BSW expected to perform strongly

Alternative for Germany’s Björn Höcke was in a bullish mood at a rally in Thuringia, one of three regions where support is high for the far-right party ahead of elections next month

A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been convicted for the second time of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event

A prominent German far-right politician who plans to run for the governor’s job in an eastern state later this year has gone on trial for the second time on charges of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event

A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time

The far-right Alternative for Germany made gains but failed to secure outright victories in local elections in an eastern state where the party is strong and its regional leader, one of the party’s best-known figures, was recently convicted of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech

Björn Höcke, party’s candidate to lead Thuringia state, found to have deliberately used SA slogan in 2021 speech