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Evangelical pastor loses job because of AfD candidacy: A pastor in Saxony-Anhalt is running for the AfD in the city council. The Protestant Church intervenes: ...
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Evangelical pastor loses job because of AfD candidacy
Quick Glance: AfD Candidacy: Church Revokes Pastor's Commission
  • A pastor from Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt loses his parish due to running as a city council candidate for the AfD.

  • The church deems the candidacy incompatible with loyalty duty as the AfD holds constitutionally questionable positions.

  • The pastor criticizes the decision, emphasizing his political motives, especially in monument preservation.

  • Despite the church's offer to discuss, the pastor remains without a position for now, as finding a new parish might be challenging.
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Resilient democracy: On the wrong track to exclusion: The parties are focusing on exclusion against the AfD. That feels good, but is not successful ...
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Resilient democracy: On the wrong track to exclusion
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Höcke has already held a meeting with him: AfD's biggest donor comes from Hesse: The AfD's largest party donation comes from Hessian civil engineer Hartmut ...
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Höcke has already held a meeting with him: AfD's biggest donor comes from ...
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Consequences after AfD meeting: Top manager leaves dairy group Müller: After the AfD meetings of dairy entrepreneur Theo Müller, the first consequences have been ...
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Consequences after AfD meeting: Top manager leaves dairy group Müller
Quick Glance: Resignation at Müllermilch Following Theo Müller's AfD Meeting
  • Thomas Ingelfinger is leaving the Müllermilch group after Müller's meeting with AfD leader Alice Weidel.

  • Initially defending his involvement, Ingelfinger eventually yielded to pressure.

  • Criticism of Müller's connection to the AfD led to Ingelfinger's resignation, also influenced by his new role at ProSiebenSat.1.

  • Müller confirmed contacts with the AfD, emphasizing the rejection of extremism while distancing himself from extremist views within the party.
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Foreign employees flee: shift to the right in Germany scares off skilled workers: Since the meeting between AfD officials and right-wing extremists ...
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Foreign employees flee: shift to the right in Germany scares off skilled ...
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Alice Weidel denies AfD's closeness to Vladimir Putin: The AfD stands out "due to its particular closeness to Russia", according to the Ministry of Defense ...
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Alice Weidel denies AfD's closeness to Vladimir Putin
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Among others from the AfD: Public prosecutor's office rejects complaints against Correctiv
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Among others from the AfD: Public prosecutor's office rejects complaints ...
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House ban for right-wing extremist employees? Lawyer warns against Bärbel Bas' plan
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House ban for right-wing extremist employees? Lawyer warns against Bärbel ...
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Church throws out AfD pastor – this is what the clergyman and people think about the case
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Church throws out AfD pastor – this is what the clergyman and people think ...
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The case of Ribnitz-Damgarten: How the AfD is setting a precedent: Protecting freedom of expression in schools, but the right way: The AfD wants to show Germany ...
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The case of Ribnitz-Damgarten: How the AfD is setting a precedent
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Lawyers against activists: How the AfD wants to silence its critics: The Mainz local politician and climate protection activist Maurice Conrad does not hold back ...
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Lawyers against activists: How the AfD wants to silence its critics
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Saarland: Green politicians want to run for the AfD - party reacts: Unusual change of party in Saarland: two local Green politicians want to run for the AfD in ...
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Saarland: Green politicians want to run for the AfD - party reacts
Quick Glance: Saarland: Green Politicians Switch to AfD - Party's Response
  • Two Green politicians in Saarland plan to run for AfD.

  • One politician left due to disagreements on arms deliveries.

  • The Greens reacted with requests for withdrawal and dissolution of factions.

  • The AfD is classified as far-right, leading to rejection of further cooperation.
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Banks “against the right”? One of the larger German savings banks did not want to carry out a customer's transfer order to the AfD. “An oversight ...
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Banks “against the right”? One of the larger German savings banks did not ...
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“Tired of working and housekeeping”: Why women become “tradwives”: Anyone who is on social media will come across them everywhere: women who are proud to be ...
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“Tired of working and housekeeping”: Why women become “tradwives”
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: Scholz makes up significant ground, CDU/CSU remains strongest force
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TikTok restricts account of AfD man Maximilian Krah: AfD politician Maximilian Krah regularly achieves viral success with his videos on TikTok ...
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TikTok restricts account of AfD man Maximilian Krah
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"Die Schlandpfe": A Smurf video becomes a right-wing propaganda film: First, a schoolgirl uses the Smurfs to promote the AfD. Then another video emerges in which ...
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Investigation into graffiti against AfD politician: The criminally relevant lettering on a wall in Passau is directed against Ralf Stadler.
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Investigation into graffiti against AfD politician
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European elections and the AfD: twice as much support: Young people think the EU is good. At the same time, many believe the AfD is capable of solving European ...
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European elections and the AfD: twice as much support
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Germany’s Scholz says he hasn’t talked to Putin since December 2022: Russia leader was “was worried about the coronavirus” when he made German chancellor sit at ...
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Germany’s Scholz says he hasn’t talked to Putin since December 2022
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“Demonstrations against right-wing extremists are okay” - Salzwedel's AfD parliamentary group leader Roland Karsch takes a stand
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“Demonstrations against right-wing extremists are okay” - Salzwedel's AfD ...
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Martin Sellner's dangerous "remigration" plans: AfD politicians and right-wing extremists are calling for “millions of remigration”. Martin Sellner has written a ...
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Martin Sellner's dangerous
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AfD election campaign in Heilbronn: no alternative: After the election campaign event in Heilbronn, we know above all what the AfD doesn't want, says our author.
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AfD election campaign in Heilbronn: no alternative
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AfD event in Stralsund causes resistance: AfD politician Petra Federau is coming to Stralsund on Wednesday evening. She will also encounter resistance there.
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AfD event in Stralsund causes resistance
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Demo in Bad Bibra: 250 people protest against the AfD: Bad Bibra. - Around 250 people protested against an AfD rally in Bad Bibra on Monday evening ...
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Demo in Bad Bibra: 250 people protest against the AfD
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Sahra Wagenknecht calls for Chancellery summit on foreigner crime: Party founder Sahra Wagenknecht calls for joint efforts by the federal and state governments ...
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Sahra Wagenknecht calls for Chancellery summit on foreigner crime
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Operation at grammar school: Headteacher calls police about girl (16) - now sensitive details emerge
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Operation at grammar school: Headteacher calls police about girl (16) - ...
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RKI protocols published: Lauterbach: Blackened name is RKI employee: The RKI's coronavirus protocols are causing a stir. An online portal claims that the ...
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RKI protocols published: Lauterbach: Blackened name is RKI employee
Quick Glance: RKI: Journalists Successfully Sue for Release of Corona Protocols
  • After a legal battle, the RKI has released the protocols of its Corona crisis team.

  • The documents revealed the decision to change the risk assessment.

  • The RKI has not commented on the protocols and some sections are redacted.

  • Journalists plan to return to court to seek unredacted access to the protocols.
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The conflict between AfD and Le Pen continues to smolder: The meeting with right-wing extremists was just a misunderstanding, affirmed AfD leader Weidel ...
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The conflict between AfD and Le Pen continues to smolder
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Ministry: Participation in a demonstration can count as teaching: Hundreds of thousands of people recently took to the streets to protest. If such a ...
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Ministry: Participation in a demonstration can count as teaching
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Celebrity chef Ali Güngörmüş on the AfD: "I'm really scared": Ali Güngörmüş is one of the most successful chefs in the country. Now the 47-year-old speaks openly ...
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Celebrity chef Ali Güngörmüş on the AfD:
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Saxony: CDU lets constitutional reform fail: Conditions in the Saxon Kenya coalition are shattered. Now the promised constitutional reform is also failing.
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Saxony: CDU lets constitutional reform fail
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AfD politician: Tiktok limits Maximilian Krah's reach: The AfD uses the video app Tiktok intensively to reach young groups of voters. Now Tiktok has ...
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AfD politician: Tiktok limits Maximilian Krah's reach
Quick Glance: German politician counters far-right AfD on TikTok
  • Germany's Health Minister has joined TikTok to counter the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining popularity.

  • Karl Lauterbach, an SPD politician, justified his move by stating that the government cannot allow the AfD to dominate the platform.

  • Several German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, are considering using TikTok as a platform to connect with voters.
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Not even Salvini wants anything to do with the AfD: The Italian parties are positioning themselves for the European elections, and the EU-hater from the Lega is ...
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Not even Salvini wants anything to do with the AfD
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“Catastrophe for all of us”: Bundesbank President warns AfD against leaving the euro
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“Catastrophe for all of us”: Bundesbank President warns AfD against ...
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Germany braces for Russian influence operations: Germany's interior minister has warned of new efforts by Moscow to sway public opinion ...
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Germany braces for Russian influence operations
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Bundestag: rougher treatment leads to significantly more calls to order: As in society in general, the tone between political opponents in the Bundestag is ...
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Bundestag: rougher treatment leads to significantly more calls to order
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Videos from schoolgirl: not Smurfs, but hate: The case caused a stir: A schoolgirl receives a dangerous speech. Allegedly because she sent AfD videos ...
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Videos from schoolgirl: not Smurfs, but hate
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Shift to the right in Europe: Why many voters' fear of the far right is fading: In Portugal and Germany, right-wing populists are mobilizing many non-voters ...
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Shift to the right in Europe: Why many voters' fear of the far right is ...
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Federal Constitutional Court: Five important decisions in 2024: Football, voting rights and again and again the AfD: On which important questions the Federal ...
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Federal Constitutional Court: Five important decisions in 2024
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Survey: AfD clearly ahead in Saxony, two traffic light parties fear entry into the state parliament
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Survey: AfD clearly ahead in Saxony, two traffic light parties fear entry ...
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AfD voters: This is their demographic and political profile: According to a new study, the AfD has a particularly large number of supporters among those over 50 ...
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AfD voters: This is their demographic and political profile
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Björn Höcke's Greiz constituency : The majority is silent, even though it is the majority
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Björn Höcke's Greiz constituency : The majority is silent ...
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How the farmers' protests on Telegram are being appropriated by the right: The farmers' anger seems to have cooled, but it is still boiling over on the messaging ...
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How the farmers' protests on Telegram are being appropriated by the right
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Bodo Ramelow in an interview: “I could cry with anger”: Thuringia's Prime Minister considers the television duel with Björn Höcke to be fatal ...
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Bodo Ramelow in an interview: “I could cry with anger”
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Anti-fascism in the countryside: the alliance case: The strength of the AfD in Brandenburg is a challenge for anti-fascist groups. And a balancing act: they want ...
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Anti-fascism in the countryside: the alliance case
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Police come out several times: Right-wing postings from a student: smear campaign against school principal
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Police come out several times: Right-wing postings from a student: smear ...
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Police operation again at Ribnitz High School: Unknown people put up a poster: Unknown people hung up an AfD-related poster at the Richard Wossidlo High School ...
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Police operation again at Ribnitz High School: Unknown people put up a ...
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Manga, strikes and "Kack" AfD: the Leipzig Book Fair acts like a fever thermometer for Germany. A mood report from a Swiss perspective - Die Weltwoche
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Manga, strikes and
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Young men: "We are entering a world where we are not wanted as men": They are young, they are male - and they are conservative: we asked three Berlin friends on ...
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Young men:
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Strack-Zimmermann has a clear message to AfD voters: “Guest who sets fire in the living room”
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Strack-Zimmermann has a clear message to AfD voters: “Guest who sets fire ...
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Politics podcast: "The AfD is becoming more and more radical - and increasingly successful"
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Survey on the state election in Thuringia: AfD in the lead - Formation of government uncertain
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Survey on the state election in Thuringia: AfD in the lead - Formation of ...
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“Not a traffic light election worker”: Cardinal Müller rails against the bishops’ anti-AfD declaration
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“Not a traffic light election worker”: Cardinal Müller rails against the ...
Quick Glance: Cardinal Müller Criticizes Bishops' Anti-AfD Declaration
  • Former Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller criticizes the declaration of the German bishops regarding the AfD.

  • Müller warns against the German Bishops' Conference acting as election helpers.

  • The bishops condemned völkisch nationalism in the AfD as incompatible with the Christian faith.

  • Müller accuses Pope Francis of not naming perpetrators in the Ukraine conflict and demands clear statements.
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State election survey: AfD loses in Thuringia - Höcke gains: There is still no clear coalition in sight for the state elections in Thuringia in late summer ...
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State election survey: AfD loses in Thuringia - Höcke gains
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Germany issues entry ban to Austrian far-right activist Sellner: Radical Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner has been banned from entering Germany ...
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Germany issues entry ban to Austrian far-right activist Sellner
Quick Glance: Entry Ban for Martin Sellner in Germany
  • The city of Potsdam has initiated an entry ban against far-right extremist Martin Sellner.

  • The ban is due to reasons of public order and security and will last for three years.

  • Sellner plans to legally challenge the entry ban as he is considered a key figure in the far-right Identitarian movement.

  • Revelations about meetings with extremists sparked protests against the far-right and the AfD in Germany.