5+ hour, 1+ min ago   (446+ words) Protesters in about 20 cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, demand the banning of the Alternative for Germany. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany to protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the far-right party…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1353+ words) WITTENBERG, Germany (RNS) — The sun was setting over the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, and polls were set to close in an hour for a high-stakes election in Saxony-Anhalt, when the youth choir paused from singing to take a stand....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (435+ words) Credits: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. This result is also a political setback for Merz’s CDU. The party came in far behind the AfD in a state it had been governing until then. In Berlin, Weidel sought to turn…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (877+ words) Upon learning of the landslide electoral triumph of a fascist political party in a province that was once part of socialist Germany, these foreboding words immediately came to mind: “The womb is fertile still from which that crawled.” It is…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1291+ words) In 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, standing outside the Neue Wache, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (pictured below, third from left) said: “Germany’s past is a fractured past - with responsibility for the murdering of millions and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1174+ words) Since WWII, Germany adopted a migrant-friendly policy, supported European unification under NATO, and grew into Europe’s largest car manufacturer with a vibrant economy. Reunified after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany has driven EU enlargement into Eastern Europe and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (200+ words) Saxony-Anhalt was once part of the heartland of East Germany. Today it is a German flyover state, with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the Federal Republic. Yet, like our own Mississippi,... The AfD's Victory Accelerates the Demise…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (331+ words) AfD voters are not fascists or extremists – they are using the ballot box to demand a much-needed change of course. A political earthquake would be too weak a description of the shock caused by last Sunday’s election in the small…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (161+ words) BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen “This isn't a protest vote anymore. Five or six years ago, the majority of AFD voters still said ‘I vote for them despite their positions’. Now the majority of…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (536+ words) Thursday 10 September 2026 Leaders call on AfD to respect state constitution and the Federal Basic Law after party wins 43.8 per cent of popular vote Ulrich Siegmund speaks at an AfD election party on Sunday CHURCH leaders in Saxony-Anhalt have reacted with…...