Berlin police arrest four after attack on Social Democrat activists

The far right attackers travelled to the capital on Saturday with intent of “physical confrontations with ‘leftists'”, Berlin police and the local prosecutor’s office said.
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Germanyโ€™s social democrats prevail in east German stronghold

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly beat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the highly contested state elections of Brandenburg on Sunday (22 September), according to the exit polls, drawing in a record voting tu…

Will German far right AfD drop scandal-plagued leader in bid to rejoin ID?

Despite a series of recent scandals, Germany’s far-right AfD party achieved its best national result in history in the European elections on Sunday (9 June). But its internal situation is not so rosy.

Socialistsโ€™ fading influence puts Sรกnchez and Scholz to the test

The European socialists kick off their EU election campaign in Rome on Saturday (2 March) in a less than jubilant mood: The party is losing its grip on power across Europe, with Germany and Spain the last important strongholds.