Fresh from its loss in Saxony-Anhalt, Friedrich Merz’s CDU party has fallen to heavy defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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The AfD won Saxony-Anhalt without migrant voters, but it cannot ignore them in Berlin.
The Burnham government has announced it will sanction all trade in goods and services from illegal settlements in the West Bank.
A small party with socialist roots stands as possible kingmaker in Saxony-Anhalt.
The AfD received by far the most amount of votes in Saxony-Anhalt, falling marginally short of an absolute majority.
Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt punished the major parties for their handling of the cost-of-living crisis.
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is poised to top the poll in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.
Some 1 million Syrians were welcomed in Germany after fleeing civil war. They are increasingly unwelcome in a country where politics have swung sharply right.
The Trump administration’s crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring the lines between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism.
It has only been a few weeks since the election, yet the far right has overtaken Merz in a poll.
The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.
Friedrich Merz has expressed a desire to ‘strengthen Europe as quickly as possible’ in the face of a growing rift between EU countries and the Trump administration.
The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a government, following coalition negotiations.
Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right issues, he may struggle to form a coalition.
Until recently, the far right was consistently excluded by mainstream political parties.
Who will be chancellor and will the AfD enter government?
Russia’s election disruption and interference also taps into public dissatisfaction with democracy.
Spatial mapping shows votes for the AfD are concentrated in the east and in the most rural areas, while university towns turn away.
Rolf Frankenberger, an expert on right-wing extremism in Germany, talks to The Conversation Weekly about what kind of Germany the AFD wants to return to.
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Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
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Professor in International History, Flinders University
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Managing Director Research, Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen
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Jean Monnet Professor for Comparative Politics & European Integration, University of Tübingen
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Professor of German Studies / Chair, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies / Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo
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Professeur Associé de marketing, Kedge Business School
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Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis
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Lecturer in the Department for Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University