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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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Faeser accuses AfD politicians of Russian propaganda: Federal Interior Minister Faeser sees AfD politicians as “part of the Russian propaganda apparatus ...
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Faeser accuses AfD politicians of Russian propaganda
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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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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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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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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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Foreign employees flee: Shift to the right in Germany scares off skilled workers: Ever 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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Faeser announces controls at all German borders for the European Football Championships
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Faeser announces controls at all German borders for the European Football ...
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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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Good Friday in Frankfurt: Party despite dance ban: The youth organizations of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP in Hesse are protesting against the ban on dancing ...
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Good Friday in Frankfurt: Party despite dance ban
Quick Glance: Dance Ban on Good Friday: Rules and Penalties
  • Good Friday is a quiet holiday with dance bans and film regulations.

  • The rules for the dance ban vary by state.

  • Violations of the dance ban can result in fines.

  • Private parties are exempt from the dance ban, but noise disturbances can be penalized.
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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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Interior Minister Faeser: Terror threat also "acute" in Germany: Interior Minister Nancy Faeser blames an offshoot of the Islamic State terrorist militia for the ...
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Interior Minister Faeser: Terror threat also
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How Faeser wants to tackle disinformation: Federal Minister of the Interior Faeser has resolved to do more to combat disinformation. An early detection unit is ...
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How Faeser wants to tackle disinformation
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Church kicks out AfD pastor - what the clergyman and people think about the case: The fact that pastors are politically active is generally to be welcomed - but ...
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Church kicks out AfD pastor - what the clergyman and people think about ...
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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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Lauterbach wants to “largely” de-blacken RKI files: RKI protocols were recently published - partly blackened. For greater transparency, Health Minister ...
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Lauterbach wants to “largely” de-blacken RKI files
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Germany's path to soft totalitarianism - The World Week: The traffic light government wants to combat expressions of opinion “below the limit of criminal ...
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Germany's path to soft totalitarianism - The World Week
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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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State elections: The SPD's firewall has holes: Olaf Scholz doesn't want to know anything about a coalition with the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance ...
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State elections: The SPD's firewall has holes
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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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Lawyers against activists: How the AfD wants to silence its critics: Mainz local politician and climate protection activist Maurice Conrad does not hide his ...
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Lawyers against activists: How the AfD wants to silence its critics
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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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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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RTL/ntv trend barometer: Scholz makes up significant ground, CDU/CSU remains strongest force
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: Scholz makes up significant ground ...
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"Tired of working and running the household": Why women are becoming "tradwives": If you're on social media, you'll come across them everywhere: women who are ...
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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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Interior Minister Nancy Faeser: "The dangers have reached a new level": Following the attacks near Moscow, concerns about Islamist terror are also growing in ...
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Interior Minister Nancy Faeser:
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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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Remmo clan: Boss Issa Remmo is said to have applied for naturalization: The large Lebanese Remmo family is said to be responsible for many crimes in Germany ...
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Remmo clan: Boss Issa Remmo is said to have applied for naturalization
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“Voice of Europe”: How a pro-Russian portal creates sentiment against Germany: Czech and Polish authorities are taking action against a pro-Russian network ...
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“Voice of Europe”: How a pro-Russian portal creates sentiment against ...
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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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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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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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"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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Protection of the Federal Constitutional Court: traffic light apparently plans to amend the Basic Law
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Protection of the Federal Constitutional Court: traffic light apparently ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Security for the European Football Championship: Faeser wants to "introduce border controls with neighboring countries"
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Security for the European Football Championship: Faeser wants to ...
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“Inspection of internal lists”: Report: More than 100 right-wing extremists among AfD employees
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“Inspection of internal lists”: Report: More than 100 right-wing ...
Quick Glance: BR Investigation: Over 100 Right-Wing Extremists in AfD Bundestag
  • Discovery of more than 100 right-wing extremists working in AfD Bundestag

  • AfD faction dismisses investigation as part of a campaign

  • Discussion on tightening rules in the Bundestag following the report

  • Calls for protecting the parliament from right-wing extremist activities
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Naturalization test with questions about Israel: hatred of Jews is not combated in this way
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Naturalization test with questions about Israel: hatred of Jews is not ...
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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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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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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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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 ...