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Ballot being seen as referendum on Olaf Scholz’s government ahead of next autumn’s general election

Germans began casting ballots Sunday for a regional election in a formerly communist eastern state where the far-right AfD party is narrowly ahead in opinion polls.

In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right

Editorial: The emergence of the far right as a political force in eastern Germany is a concern for Europe’s biggest economy

State election results for Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance mean Russia-leaning populists could play decisive role

Mainstream parties should have opposed the far right’s anti-migrant narrative after the Solingen knife attack, not condoned it. In Thuringia, they paid the price, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

Voters want AfD taking part in government, German far-right party insists after results in Thuringia and Saxony

The rise of AfD in recent state elections poses challenges for German government and opposition, impacting the country's political landscape.

The Alternative for Germany party’s success in two state elections has piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious government and left the country’s main opposition party facing political contortions to find a way to govern a pair of eastern regions without involving the far right party