AfD

How did such a weird assortment of people get so many Germans to vote for them? There’s one horribly familiar explanation

The AfD is on the path to power. It doesn’t just want to take Germany in a different political direction – it wants to build a new country

Germany has made it easier for families to reclaim artworks stolen by the Nazis. But it looks as if the AfD has other plans

The extremist AfD party has won the state election in Saxony Anhalt – it is a disaster for the west. Both Putin and Trump will be well pleased

The AfD is about to win state elections in the east of the country. Their opponents could do something to stop them. Maybe. But it’s not likely

When a subsidised theatre set aside time for Black families, its critics jumped in – and that may have been the desired effect

The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity

The German right wing extremists are guilty of the very thing they criticised in other parties. Hypocrisy is not a good look, especially in an election year

Thirty-five years after reunification, the east-west divide still remains – leaving fertile ground for right wing extremism

Banning the AfD’s extremist candidates risks turning them into martyrs, granting the far right the attention they crave

As tempting as the dream of an AfD-free Bundestag may be, banning the party wouldn’t make the anger and fear that fuel it disappear

The reality of German culture is more ancient, beautiful and varied than the extremist politicians understand

In these days of far right anti-Islam extremism, AfD politicians are quick to seize on any evidence of what they call the Islamisation of Germany

Despite the CDU achieving one of its worst results ever, the party has managed to keep the AfD out of power – for now

Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor. But the far right are rising – and waiting for a moment of weakness

When the country goes to the polls, the divide will only become more entrenched

The tech bro’s ally Alice Weidel spouts fake facts and demonises Muslims – and she is getting closer to becoming German chancellor

The leader of one of Germany’s main political parties relied on the extreme right wing AfD party to get his immigration bill through parliament. Big mistake