He just got fined for using a Nazi slogan — but it might not hurt his chances of winning this fall’s Thuringia state election. I t was April 17, and three days had passed since the annual ...

The AfD in Thuringia is designated an extremist organization by German domestic intelligence and Höcke is its leader. But many of the young people we spoke to didn’t attempt to hide their ...

Speaking in his capacity as an SPD parliamentarian, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a "bitter" night for his party The far-right AfD emerged as strongest party in Thuringia, and a close second in ...

In Thuringia, which sits in the middle of the spine dividing Germany, the AfD are the most popular. That their branch was designated a far right extremist organisation in 2021 isn’t putting ...

The premier of the eastern German state of Thuringia, Mario Voigt, told DW that his party, the conservative Christian Democrats, and its Chancellor Friedrich Merz will tackle Germany's "real-time ...

The AfD came in first in Thuringia and placed second in Saxony, right on the heels of the Christian Democrats (CDU). Germany’s media and ruling class predictably catastrophized the voting results.

a three-party coalition straddling ideological divisions that governs the eastern state of Thuringia after AfD emerged as the strongest party for the first time in a regional election there in ...

The eastern German state of Thuringia has awarded DB Regio a 15-year contract to operate the Central Thuringian battery ...