Germany’s two sides: inside the 13 September Guardian Weekly
‘Swamp’ talk won’t turn the tide against fascism in Germany
Why the far-right AfD has been so successful in Germany – video explainer
Friedrich Merz looks likely to be Germany’s next leader but how will he defuse the AfD?
Everyone is terrified of a far-right return in Germany. Here’s why it won’t happen
Berlin feels like an island in a swamp of neofascism – but the flood waters are rising
Fatma Aydemir
‘A punch to the country’: German Jewish groups and minorities aghast at AfD victory
There’s only one way to keep Germany’s far-right AfD at bay. Address the concerns it exploits
Katja Hoyer
First Edition newsletter
Tuesday briefing: Why the far right’s success in German state elections can’t be written off as a local phenomenon any more
AfD tells Scholz to 'pack up bags' after 'wake-up call' German elections – video
The Guardian view on the rise of AfD: winning an election won’t mean it wins power
The AfD has stunned Germany – but this was no surprise victory
Hanno Hauenstein
Europe live
‘A dark day for Germany is a dark day for Europe’: liberals react to far right success in German state election – as it happened
AfD leaders demand inclusion in state coalition talks after election success
Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory
Success of far-right AfD shows east and west Germany are drifting further apart
Europe live
German state elections: Far right leads in Thuringia exit poll, centre-right ahead in Saxony – as it happened
August 2024
The Guardian view on Germany’s disaffected east: a growing crisis for Olaf Scholz
Editorial: The far-right AfD may win a state election for the first time this weekend. That should set alarm bells ringing in Berlin and beyond
‘A test case for German democracy’: populists ride high before state elections
Political landscape faces upheaval as far-right AfD and left-conservative BSW expected to perform strongly
The long read
The trial of Björn Höcke, the ‘real boss’ of Germany’s far right
The long read: As leader of the AfD’s most radical faction, he is infamous in Germany and his critics have long accused him of using language that echoes the Nazis. This year, a court put that question to the test
About 303 results for Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
