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Now playing Next Germany Jörg Meuthen to step down as co-leader of Germany's far-right AfD Meuthen said he will continue his political work and wants to "make his voice heard". 11/10/2021
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Now playing Next Germany Why isn't VE Day a public holiday in Germany? A movement is growing to make May 8 a holiday to mark the end of World War Two. 08/05/2020
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Now playing Next Germany Alternative for Germany slammed for 'legitimising deadly racism' Activists are warning there is a “whole web of potential violent terrorists” linked to the democratically elected AfD party in Germany 21/02/2020
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Now playing Next Germany Rallies in east Germany after ruling party votes with far-right party Rallies condemned ruling CDU party after it teamed up with far-right AfD party to vote the leader of the state of Thuringia out of office on February 5th. 15/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit over vote fiasco Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she will quit her role as head of the CDU after the party was criticised over a regional election in Thuringia. 10/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech 29/01/2020
Now playing Next View The EU’s Far Right surge is unstoppable if we don’t transform how our democracies work ǀ View Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, could well be the first major industrial power to fall in a global recession, triggering a Far Right victory that could have a domino effect across the EU. 04/09/2019
Now playing Next Germany German far-right invokes 1989 spirit to woo voters in the east In the eastern states of Saxony and Brandenburg, three decades after the country's reunification, many voters still feel left behind – and the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is invoking the spirit of the 1989 revolution to try to win them over. 30/08/2019
Now playing Next Germany Angela Merkel's CDU wins Gorlitz Mayor race, beating far-right AfD The German city of Gorlitz backed Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat candidate Octavian Ursu as mayor in a run-off vote against the far-right AfD party 17/06/2019
Now playing Next Germany 'Gorliwood' rejects far-right candidate in favour of Romanian migrant AfD candidate Sebastian Wippel would have been the country's first mayor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party but did not manage to defeat the CDU candidate in the second round. 16/06/2019
