Far right Alternative for Germany seizes on crime perpetrated by Afghan migrant to stoke fear
Optimists have faith that the EU will always pull through but crisis-fighting depends on choices made in Berlin
The AfD displays staying power despite scandals that have dented its poll ratings and support in local elections
Europe’s largest ammunition maker agrees deal with Bundesliga club
Rightwing populist parties are making inroads into a demographic fed up with economic insecurity and immigration policy
Far-right party increases vote share in Thuringia but centre-right CDU is overall winner
Top candidate’s interview defending SS prompts Alternative for Germany’s ejection from European parliament group
Maximilian Krah steps down from AfD board and suspends campaigning after saying not all SS members were criminals
Indictment says nine men and women were involved in plans to overthrow government
German far-right politician Maximilian Krah defends support for Beijing and criticises arrest of aide suspected of spying
Petr Bystron’s properties and offices raided as Bundestag lifts his immunity from prosecution
Björn Höcke fined for invoking language of Nazi’s paramilitary wing, the brown-shirted storm troopers
EU’s largest economy joins UK and Netherlands in trying to tackle a prime cause of region’s economic malaise
Germany in particular has been slow to come to terms with significant geopolitical and economic shifts
Ruling means far-right party can be placed under formal surveillance
Ex-BlackRock executive has reshaped Angela Merkel’s party in his conservative image
Also in this newsletter: Europe’s differing visions on how to disentangle itself from China
Friedrich Merz tells FT that continental Europe left UK ‘empty-handed’ ahead of EU referendum
Foreign minister vows ‘consequences’ for 2023 hack targeting Social Democrats
Trip to tropical island brings Rassemblement National to brink of break-up with Alternative for Germany
Far-right party’s popularity hit by flurry of allegations about spying and foreign influence
AfD voters like its hardline policies and see the party as a victim of establishment prejudice
Case in Stuttgart highlights threat to democracy from far-right extremists
Hard-right parties in France, Germany and Italy are hungry for success in the EU elections but national differences matter
Voters start to punish AfD in opinion polls ahead of European parliament elections
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