Germany's Constitutional Court

Germany and Refugees

No good deed goes unpunished.

Two months ago  Chancellor Angela Merkel amazed the world by opening Germany's borders to all the genuine refugees (mostly Syrians and Afghans) who could get that far. She must have known her own people well, because  ordinary Germans showed extraordinary sympathy and generosity to the new arrivals. 

Germany to Send Neo-Nazi Candidate into European Parliament

The far-right National-Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) has won one MEP seat after Sunday's European elections.

NPD, which has received around 300 000 votes, benefits from an earlier decision by Germany's Constitutional Court to remove the three-percent election threshold for parties as "non-democratic" and "discriminatory".