World in Brief: Germany reacts to AfD win
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This idea challenges the deeply held and decades-long German memory culture that insists people must never forget the Nazis’ crimes. The AfD describes German memory culture in its manifesto as a "guilt complex".
The AfD may not end up controlling Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state despite a landslide election victory, but the far-right party's "dream result" sends a clear message.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, winning 44% of the vote. But the anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party fell three seats short of an absolute majority,
The "extraordinary" result may be the "most consequential German state-election result of the postwar era," according to analysts.
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he remained sceptical that proceedings to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party would succeed,
Alternative for Germany failed to secure an absolute majority in the state legislature to govern alone and overcome the so-called firewall of mainstream parties' refusal to work with AfD.
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research, a respected think-tank, has raised its growth forecast for the whole year from 0.8% to 1.4%. Two other similarly august outfits, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and RWI,
The ex-Stasi agent, the ‘pornstar’ and the perfume salesman: the AfD candidates set to take power in Germany - IN DEPTH : The AfD swept to power in Saxony-Anhalt, causing a political earthquake in Germany and Europe.