The Latest Breaking News from AFD

Result in Pirna is party’s second mayoral win in east in six months and first time it has taken a lord mayor post

Day after Aleksandar Vučić’s populist ruling party declared victory, concerns raised over vote-buying and ballot box stuffing

In an attack caught on video, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah candles on a menorah positioned in a public area of the building, filling the room with mist and covering bystanders with foam. Grzegorz Braun, an MP for the…

Many say Germany’s historical responsibility for Nazi crimes makes it hard for people to criticise Gaza strategy

Move could also undermine nine funding programmes, covering schemes from energy efficient homes to cargo bikes provision

Around the world, fringe political views — especially on migration — are going mainstream, and the once unsayable is becoming commonplace.

But there’s a disconnect between what politicians say and what the public wants

Unrest in Dublin shocked many in a country seemingly untroubled by immigration. But as elsewhere in Europe, the far right is rising

Dutch general election results show how populist and far-right parties are advancing into political mainstream

Germany’s responsibility for the Holocaust underlines Berlin’s staunch defence of Israel and its bans on expressions of Palestinian solidarity, which authorities blame for a rise in anti-Semitism. But critics say the state is failing German Jews opposed to Israel’s policies and stifling the freedom of expression of immigrants.

The pro-Israel political consensus has shut out any dissenting voices – as I found in a TV debate with the vice-chancellor, says author Deborah Feldman