The right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is leading German opinion polls for the first time in its history, and has also recorded its highest ever support.
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Proving the Point: German Journalist Convicted for Free Speech Meme
In a despicable attack on the freedom of speech, a German right-wing journalist has been sentenced to seven months’ probation for mocking left-wing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.
In its verdict on Monday, April 7th, the district court in the Bavarian town of Bamberg also ordered David Bendels to apologise in writing to Nancy Faeser.
Mystery of Russian web searches about Mannheim attack days before it happened
Russian internet users were searching for information about a terror attack in Germany several days before it occurred, according to an investigation that suggests Moscow may have had advance knowledge of the violence.
In May last year a rejected asylum seeker from Afghanistan killed a police officer and wounded five other people with a knife in the western city of Mannheim, as he apparently sought to assassinate a far-right critic of Islam.
Germany: Priest calls altar boy a ‘Nazi’ and fires him after he takes photo with AfD politician
An altar boy who served in a Bavarian church for nine years was slammed as a “Nazi” by the parish priest and dismissed from his position after the boy took a photo with Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Maximilian Krah.
The family says they are shocked by the conduct of the Bavarian priest.
Foreigners Behind 40% of Violent Crimes in Germany, Report Finds
Almost two-in-five violent crimes in Germany last year were committed by foreigners, according to shocking details revealed on Wednesday, April 2nd, in a new police report.
Though criminal activities overall decreased last year by 1.7% compared to a year earlier, the number of violent crimes increased by 1.5% to 217,277 cases.
Crimes such as murder, rape, sexual assault, robbery, as well as dangerous and serious bodily harm, are all classified as violent crimes. Police record around 600 of these crimes every day.
Is Germany heading for a Russia reset?
Well, that didn’t take long. Peace negotiations over an end to the war in Ukraine are barely underway, and senior German politicians are already calling for their country to resume its ties to Russia.
The next German government is set to contain fewer people who have a problem with that, and the lure of a return to cheap energy is great. Is Germany on the brink of reverting to its pre-war relationship with Moscow?
I think the jig is up since the Ukraine conflict was revealed as having morphed into a Deep State forever war against Russia without the approval of congress.
Germany looks to restart Nord Stream pipes despite ‘no business case’ for Canadian LNG
Germany’s once-firm stance against Russian gas imports is beginning to unravel as the country considers restarting the sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines.
Not because it wants to.
German Governments Ban Police From Joining AfD
Nice job you have there. It would be a shame if you were to lose it for being disloyal to the ruling clique.
Of course, the powers that be in Germany don’t call their threats to fire supporters of AfD an assurance that the people they hand guns to are committed to enforcing the speech codes of the German elites’ choosing; they couch their order in the much nicer sounding assurance that everybody has the same loyalty to the Constitution as the ruling clique.
Foreigners Drastically Overrepresented in Berlin Crime Statistics
More than 50% of the perpetrators of violent crimes committed in Berlin by men are foreigners, German media outlet Junge Freiheit reported.
According to police statistics, of the 12,284 male suspects arrested last year, 6,407 did not have a German passport.
This means that foreigners are overrepresented when it comes to violent crime: foreigners make up 24.9% of Berlin’s population, yet an astounding 52.2% of male criminals do not possess a German passport—the rate for this was 50.5% in 2023.
German Ruling Parties Want to Ban AfD “As Soon As Possible”
The economy is in crisis and the constant influx of migrants is threatening to destabilise society—yet the German mainstream parties’ main concern is their right-wing opposition Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
According to media reports, the left-wing Greens are intent on pushing through a motion in parliament to ban the AfD “as soon as possible”, and it seems that they have the support of all the other parties.
Germany: Toward a New Domination of Europe?
In the opera Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner, the Rhine Gold is a magical treasure guarded by the Rhine Maidens (Rheinmädchen). This gold can be forged into a ring that gives its holder unlimited power. By arrogating to himself the power to put Germany into debt in a way that no chancellor has done since 1945, Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, will be taking on an unrivalled power: that of dominating Europe.
Germany is heading towards an immigration catastrophe
The German Social Democratic party (SPD) has published its working paper on immigration. It calls for half a million more migrants every year, no deportation of illegal immigrants unless they are extremely violent, voting rights for foreigners, automatic citizenship after 25 years, and a new ministry for immigration and integration.
You would think the left-wing party was in no position to make demands. After all, the SPD led the coalition government which lost the last election, when it failed to be one of the top two parties for the first time since the 19th century. But the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, which won the most votes in the election, has ruled out dealing with Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came second. That has left them with only one potential coalition partner to form a government: the SPD.
“Disastrous”: Report Gives Damning Verdict On German Army
It is “premature” for Germany to consider sending its soldiers to Ukraine, warns the Armed Forces Commissioner.
A new report released this week gives a damning assessment of the capabilities of the German army, highlighting its “disastrous” infrastructure, and calling it “premature” for its soldiers to be sent on a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.
Presenting the report on Tuesday, March 11th, Eva Högl, the Armed Forces Commissioner of the Bundestag, said the Bundeswehr (armed forces) “still has too little of everything” despite a €100-billion special fund, established in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which was supposed to improve recruitment, develop infrastructure, and speed up new weapons procurement.
Germany’s soft spot for Russia
Business deals inform the nation’s politics
Mounted atop a former warehouse in Hamburg’s industrial-era docklands, the billowing form of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall rises above Germany’s second-largest city like an ocean wave. The glass-panelled building crowns a new, forward-looking section of the city, a modern and elegant counterpoint to the seedy Reeperbahn nearby. Built with the help of taxes raised from round-the-clock trade from the sprawling port it overlooks, it’s a testament to the country’s remarkable success as a trading nation, as globalisation opened new markets for “Made in Germany” goods.
The building’s scope and ambition echo the Victorian grandeur that can be found in Liverpool and London, and the epic public buildings of Paris, Antwerp and Amsterdam. It’s a building that marks a golden age. Its foundation stone was laid in 2007, when Germany was still Exportweltmeister (world’s top exporter) and before the convulsions of Brexit, Donald Trump’s trade wars, and Vladimir Putin’s efforts to carve up and control Ukraine. The opulent venue was finally finished in 2017, the same year Angela Merkel secured her final term as chancellor and the far-Right AfD showed signs of its political potential. Less than a decade later, it looks like a totem to a bygone era.
How the return of the German army could help save Europe
It has been described as “one of the most historic paradigm shifts in Germany’s post-war history”.
Friedrich Merz, the incoming German chancellor, announced on Tuesday evening a €500 billion (£414 billion) special fund for German infrastructure and an end to strict borrowing limits on defence spending.
Mr Merz said: “I want to make it very clear: in view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent, the following must now also apply to our defense: ‘whatever it takes’.”
The significance of these reforms cannot be overstated.