The Latest Breaking News from Thuringia

AfD calls its performance in Brandenburg ‘huge success’ but Social Democratic party projected to take the lead

Attention is focused on regional vote this Sunday that could determine the fate of the national government

There are good reasons to place a political firewall around the extremists. But mainstream parties must also address the electorate’s loss of trust, says German-British historian Katja Hoyer

In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right

Thuringia may represent just two percent of Germany's population, but the eastern state is hardly an outlier. The far right finished first in Sunday's regional elections, while also surging in nearby Saxony. Admittedly, the AfD, whose lead candidate Björn Höcke was twice fined this year for using Nazi-era slogans at…

Editorial: The emergence of the far right as a political force in eastern Germany is a concern for Europe’s biggest economy

Mainstream parties should have opposed the far right’s anti-migrant narrative after the Solingen knife attack, not condoned it. In Thuringia, they paid the price, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

Voters want AfD taking part in government, German far-right party insists after results in Thuringia and Saxony

Some Germans are worried about the future of their country after Alternative for Germany, or AfD, became the first far-right party to win a state election in post-World War II Germany