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Containing Germany’s Far Right

7 septembre 2026 à 16:32
The AfD victory in a state election is forcing a rethink of the country’s postwar strategy to safeguard democracy.

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AfD leaders celebrating in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.

Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before

7 septembre 2026 à 14:35
A blowout win by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a state election has revealed a split among voters about whether to uphold a decades-old strategy for sidelining extremists.

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Ulrich Siegmund, an Alternative for Germany candidate, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, after Saxony-Anhalt state elections on Sunday.

After Victory in German State, Far Right Needs Help to Take Power

7 septembre 2026 à 10:33
The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, does not have a straightforward path to governing Saxony-Anhalt, but a small populist party could clear the way.

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Tino Chrupalla, left, and Alice Weidel, right, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, with Ulrich Siegmund, center, the party’s leader in Saxony-Anhalt, in Berlin on Monday.
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