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AfD struggles to form government in Germany despite landmark election victory
Founded in 2013 as a eurosceptic movement, the AfD won over voters with an increasingly hardline opposition to immigration after around a million people fled to Germany in 2015.
Far-right figure James Fishback likens abortion to Holocaust, demands US decouple from Israel
IDF reinforces West Bank amid growing tensions as settlers, Palestinians clash in villages
Jewish settler extremists torch vehicles, vandalize Palestinian property in West Bank villages
German security agencies face dilemma after victories for far-right, far-left
The idea of systematic exclusion from information sharing underlines the gravity of the tensions between political parties and the security services.
Germany’s Left Party, AfD win big in German state elections in setback for Merz’s CDU
Left Party’s Berlin triumph has brought scrutiny of its ties to pro-Palestinian activists and disputes over antisemitism into negotiations over the capital’s next government.
Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government
Europe's rising far-right parties would welcome the Sweden Democrats' electoral success, boosted by the AfD's significant win in a German state election this month.
Germany’s far-right AfD, riding state win, targets more gains in elections from east to west
The three upcoming elections are being closely watched for signs of the AfD’s wider-scale momentum, said Daniel Schuster, who heads the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s European office.
'I am appalled': Holocaust survivor raises alarm over far-right AfD victory in Germany
The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.
European leaders voice concern as Germany's far-right AfD wins key state election
"It seems they're just a few votes short of an absolute majority, but this is indeed a very worrying sign," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Radio Vox FM.
Spanish far-right activists use Nazi-style salutes in anti-migrant protests
The protest group, Núcleo Nacional, has about 2,000 members, many from neo-Nazi and Francoist groups that lost their capacity to mobilize, according to the Global Network on Extremism and Technology.
With AfD gaining traction in eastern Germany, what would a far Right win mean for Jews? - analysis
An AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt could portend wider-scale momentum, while the party defends antisemitism accusations by saying that it supports Israel and sees it as a model to follow.
Canada blocks Austrian far-right extremist Martin Sellner after B'nai Brith probe
According to B’nai Brith, Sellner is an Austrian-born far-right propagandist “who was convicted in his youth for defacing a synagogue.”
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
ICE's parent agency, the US Department of Homeland Security, said Yiannopoulos, 41, was arrested on Thursday at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
