The German far-right party Alternative for Germany has chosen two staunch anti-immigrant hard-liners to lead it into this year's general election. This is a heavy defeat for the more moderate wing of the party.
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German lawmaker confronts online hate speech, death threats
From abuse on the web to attacks on the SPD office in Wuppertal, threats of death and mutilation are a regular experience for the parliamentarian and anti-racism campaigner Helge Lindh. But giving up is not an option. I don t want to be a victim because of my role; I make no concessions to hate and fear, Lindh says
Helge Lindh has vowed not to back down against hate speech online, but he can t even remember when he received the first death threat. Was it September 2018? Or October?
At the time, Lindh had fished a letter out of his mailbox. It was long, threatening, neatly written by hand and almost meticulously complemented with newspaper clippings. And it was the first time that someone had threatened the member of the Social Democrats (SPD) in no uncertain terms: Keep it up and I ll kill you!
Germany s far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election
The Alternative for Germany is the country s most successful far-right party since the war. But the latest state election results suggest its popularity may have hit a ceiling.
Thuringia s far right extremist leader Björn Höcke has many fans in the party
This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because Germany has to choose an alternative: Chancellor Angela Merkel is no longer a candidate in September s federal election, leaving the country facing the kind of inevitable upheaval that an anti-mainstream party should be able to exploit.
Germany s far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the country s most successful far-right party since the war, but its latest election results suggest it has hit a ceiling.
This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because, with Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer a candidate in September s election, Germany has no choice but to choose an alternative.
The built-in uncertainty of Germany s political future has been exacerbated in recent months by a series of legacy-scarring crises marking Merkel s final year in power and eroded trust in the political establishment.