AfD
Creeping violence
What happened in Saxony earlier this week – are these just PEGIDA supporters and the like going about their business as usual or is this real neo-Nazi violence rearing its ugly head? This is what political scientist Matthias Quent had to say. more
The EXB news briefing: June 7, 2018
In the German papers this week: Vexing and perplexing news stories from Berlin and beyond... more
The EXB news briefing: April 19
A weekly round-up of news stories that piqued our interest or made us scratch our heads. This week: Antisemitism on the streets and on stage, the AfD and the world's famous club... more
Konrad Werner: The pointless AfD-appeasing refugee cap
The election has not changed Merkel's mind – the German policy on refugees is still: keep them out and pretend you're not racist. more
Konrad Werner: No, the AfD isn't falling apart
It was fun watching Frauke Petry walk out of the AfD's triumphal press conference this week. But it doesn't mean the party is disintegrating. more
Wladek Flakin: Left-wing blues
How the hell did the AfD get 12.6 percent? Wladek notes that even "The Left", and in particular Die Linke figurehead Sahra Wagenknecht, is moving to the right. more
Where’s the German Corbyn?
While the charismatic likes of Jeremy and Bernie have led left-wing surges in Britain and the US, the German left still hasn’t been able to come up with an alternative to Merkel. Ben Knight talked to members of Die Linke and the SPD to find out why. more
The original alt-right
They’re losing their funding and their campaigns are increasingly desperate – but with their competitors in the AfD plagued by infighting, will the 2017 elections be the NPD’s time to shine? more
Konrad Werner: If you vote for a racist person, you might be racist
The AfD and their voters hate Germany's integration commissioner because they don't believe in integration. That's the whole point. more
Seymour Gris: Tegel's gotta close!
Seymour loves Tegel, no question about it, but he also knows when it's time to say goodbye. more
Faking it
In the aftermath of Trump’s win, Germans have been worried about the viral spread of fake news – and how it could play out in September’s Bundestag elections. more
The two faces of AfD
Just last week the German government released of a study confirming the prevalence of right-wing extremism in the East. Researcher Emmanuel Droit explains the AfD's East-West divide, and why he thinks it's condemned to remain a protest movement. more
The family fundamentalist: Beatrix von Storch
INTERVIEW! A chat about Muslims, Merkel and motherhood with AfD’s Beatrix von Storch, the most controversial female politician in Berlin. more
Are the Nazis back? Falk Richter
INTERVIEW! Writer and director Falk Richter takes a retrospective look at "Fear", the 2015 play the AfD tried to censor, and talks artistic freedom It returns to the Schaubühne this Apr 22-23 and May 20-21. more
Bernd Stegemann
Guilt, fear, violence: the AfD explained
We asked academics and experts about the ride of German populism and what to do about it. more
A dramatically old situation: Joseph Vogl
Political philosopher and author Joseph Vogl on how conservatives have been fostering xenophobia since decades before the AfD. more
The unlikely AfD sympathiser
Anna* is a friendly, laid-back Berliner who speaks fluent English and works at an international start-up. Formerly a Die Linke voter, she recently confided she’d now rather vote for the AfD. Here’s why. more
Breitbart opens Berlin media site in co-working space
Long rumoured to be starting an office in Berlin, the American alt-right news site Breitbart is finally making its move – and they're doing it start-up-style. We've got the exclusive scoop. more
Beware of the beginnings!
With the recent rise of populist, nationalist and xenophobic movements such as Pegida and AfD, some have begun to draw comparisons with the politically turbulent 1920s. Are we in a Weimar situation? We asked right-wing extremism expert Hajo Funke. more
Konrad Werner: Punching Björn Höcke in the face would be patriotic
There is no tolerating Nazis. That is the whole point of Germany. more