Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BERLIN — Demonstrations against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party swept across the country this weekend, strengthening calls to ban the party, following a report that its members had discussed plans for mass deportations. After months of surging popularity of the AfD, the report appears to … Read more
The AFD party leadership (front row) holds a banner reading OUR LAND FIRST! during a protest against the rising cost of living in a demonstration organized by the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on October 8, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Omer Messinger | Getty Images News | Getty Images The far-right Alternative for … Read more
BERLIN — The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. On Sunday, a mayoral election could again put the focus on the municipality of 42,000 people if a far-right candidate wins the vote. Joerg Prophet, a candidate from the populist far-right Alternative for Germany party, … Read more