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Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroads

Germany's rocky path towards Sunday's early elections began when the outgoing coalition government collapsed in acrimony on November 6, the very day Donald Trump won re-election to the White House.

The popularity of the AfD, led by Alice Wiedel but in many ways guided by Mr Höcke, is swelling

On the eve of Germany's general elections, the capital Berlin bore witness to numerous demonstrations as a controversial far-right march clashed with a larger group of antifa protesters, challenging police efforts to keep the groups apart. RFI’s Jan Van der Made was on the ground, covering the escalating tensions.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz appeal to voters before Sunday’s election.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The spectre of the anti-immigration right that is haunting Europe can be banished and parties occupying the centre-ground know what they have to do

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

As Germany heads to the polls, a look at the politician cultivating the anti-immigrant party’s ‘image of competence’.

German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right targeting a record score.