Far-right party’s ‘threatening’ victory worries Turks in Austria
by Agencies ISTANBUL Oct 01, 2024 – daily sabah Herbert Kickl, (C), leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), is celebrated by supporters as he arrives at the party’s […]
German neo-Nazis’ electoral victory
by Hilal Kaplan Sep 04, 2024 DAILY SABAH Participants in a demonstration against the growing far-right sentiment hold a banner with the slogan “Stop (Alternative for Germany) AfD! Racism is […]
‘An attack on us all’: how threat from Germany’s far right is being felt
Germany Der Spiegel writer says AfD’s mass deportation rhetoric is ‘a kind of verbal violence’ Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent @ashifa_kTue 30 Jan 2024 Initially it was the co-opting of […]
Could Germany become the next France?
Persistent institutional failure to protect minorities, police brutality, economic disparity, and waning democratic values have set the stage for social unrest in Germany. All it needs is a spark. SAL […]
The resistible rise of Germany’s far right
Nov 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Dalia Marin MUNICH — The recent elections in Sweden and Italy have shown that right-wing populism remains on the rise across Europe. Not so […]
German court greenlights far-right vigil in wake of Hanau attack
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA KARLSRUHE Published 22.02.2020 A man holds a poster reading “Disarm fascists” during a vigil in solidarity with the victims and their families of […]
Germany’s Muslims call for protection after ‘far-right terror plot’ arrests
Call comes after arrest of 12 men believed to have been plotting attacks on mosques Kate Connolly in Berlin Mon 17 Feb 2020 Muslim communities in Germany have called […]
‘A new strategy’: How Germany plans to fight far-right extremism
DPA/The Local news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 18 December 2019 Police officers at the main station in Bonn after a demonstration by right-wing extremists in November. Photo: DPA Germany unveiled a new […]
Germany’s AfD plots new course with radicals on the rise
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Germany’s far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party is choosing new leaders on Saturday in a vote shaped by an […]
Germany: The right-wing political party AfD instrumentalizes the mosque construction in Erfurt
Editor’s Note: The article is originally in the German language. Computer translation is being used. Please forgive the computer for its ‘lapses’. Original article here: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/thueringen-wahl-afd-instrumentalisiert-moscheebau-in-erfurt-a-1292997.html Thuringia […]
Far-right AfD makes big gains but fails to topple mainstream parties
The Guardian – Exit polls put party second in German state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg Kate Connolly in Berlin Sun 1 Sep 2019 The anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland […]
Anti-racism protests shake eastern Germany ahead of key state polls
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Istanbul Published 26.08.2019 With less than a week to go until state elections in eastern Germany where the far-right has enjoyed major gains, around 35,000 people […]
Father, Neighbor, Killer: Germany’s Chilling New Far-Right Terror
The recent politically motivated assassination of a prominent local leader in Germany has raised concern about the growing threat of far-right extremism in the country. As investigators search for […]
More arrests as Germany widens probe of pro-migrant official’s murder
Assassination exposed existence of well-organised far-right terror network By AFP – Jun 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Luebcke was shot in the head at close range on the terrace of his […]
Germany’s AfD disappointed after database reveals no Arab, Muslim names in top 10 knife criminals
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published30.03.2019 AFP File Photo Recent research conducted by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on the first names and backgrounds of perpetrators of knife attacks did […]
German hacker spread right-wing, anti-Muslim views on Internet
This content was published on January 11, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – A 20-year-old student who disclosed the private data of nearly 1,000 politicians and others in one of Germany’s biggest […]
AfD fails in court bid against Merkel’s refugee policy
The Local news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 18 December 2018 Photo: DPA Germany’s top court has rejected complaints by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group against the government’s refugee policy. The […]
Golden Age: A Billionaire Backer and the Murky Finances of the AfD
All eyes are on the AfD’s finances following reports of large donations from Switzerland and Holland. Now, reporting has revealed that the right-wing party has enjoyed big-money support from the […]
This is the real reason the German far right could triumph at this weekend’s elections
The growing success of Alternative for Germany is not only a result of Angela Merkel’s compassionate response to the migrant crisis, but old east-west wounds that are yet to heal […]
Alienating Immigrants Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]