Germany: What is the 'AfD firewall'?
Germany's conservatives were able to pass a strict immigration motion with votes by the far-right party, marking a historic ...
Chaos in Germany as Angela Merkel slams old party after major AfD win
The former German Chancellor has publicly criticised her former party in the wake of far-right AfD's rising popularity.
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'Shocking': Voters in Germany react to CDU's migration crackdown plan backed by far right
After German parliament passed a conservative motion aimed at toughening immigration rules with the help of the far-right AfD ...
Germany's Bundestag debates banning far-right AfD party
A cross-party group of 124 MPs put a motion on the agenda to bring proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court to ban the party, whose unprecedented alliance with the CDU caused a shock.
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Austria’s Kurz blames Merkel for far-right AfD rise in Germany
Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...
Germany’s Christian Democrats unite with far-right AfD against refugees
For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made ...
Alternative for Germany party goes mainstream after historic vote on immigration restrictions
Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.
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Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right
he is abandoning the CDU’s previous principles in its dealings with the AfD, splitting the democratic center of our country and alienating our European partners,” he added. Image Germany’s ...
Germany's conservatives to seek far right support on immigration
Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...
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AfD's Weidel hails 'great day for democracy' in Germany after vote
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has celebrated the Bundestag vote in favour of more ...
Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...