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Brandenburg's State Premier and SPD top candidate in the regional elections in Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke (C) looks on next to AfD top candidate Hans-Christoph Berndt (R) and CDU top candidate Jan Redmann (L) during an interview at the studio of German public broadcaster ARD during the electoral evening at the State Parliament (Landtag) in Potsdam, in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, o

Today’s election in Brandenburg, with the Social Democrats and the far-right “Alternative for Germany” vying to see who will prevail, is considered particularly crucial.

The rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in elections in the states of Thuringia and Saxony on Sunday was expected, as was the poor result of the three parties in Olaf Scholz's federal government (the Social Democrats, Greens and Free Liberals).

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday urged parties to avoid collaborating with the far right, after the AfD made record gains in two regional polls and his own coalition suffered a heavy defeat a year before a general election.

A screen shows first exit polls of the state election in Thuringia at the headquarters of Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party, SPD, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

Germany's far-right AfD was Monday celebrating a landmark win in a regional vote, sending a shot across the bows of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government a year ahead of national elections.

Ukraine’s recent unexpected military operation in Russia’s Kursk region may have caused concern in Moscow, but Russian President Vladimir Putin likely has reasons to celebrate this weekend.

The Bulgarian party "Revival" (Vazrazhdane) is set to join a newly formed group in the European Parliament alongside Germany's far-right party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD), according to a report from Spiegel. This coalition is emerging as a bloc of pro-Putin representatives within the European Parliament.

The European Parliament elections on Sunday revealed a significant shift towards the right, with far-right and nationalist parties making substantial gains across the continent. In France, Marine Le Pen's National Rally more than doubled its share of the vote, delivering a humiliating defeat to President Emmanuel Macron.

For Germany — a country that knows something about how extremists can hijack a government — the surging popularity of the far right has forced an awkward question.

How far should a democracy go in restricting a party that many believe is bent on undermining it?

Members of a German extreme-right group who traveled to Greece earlier this week to help Greeks "defend their border," as they claimed on social media, were told by local security services to leave the country after they were informed of their presence at the Greek-Turkish border.