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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kate Connolly

    Elif Eralp: ‘Germany’s Zohran Mamdani’ who vows to be a mayor for all Berliners (opens the original)

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    Die Linke candidate, a lawyer affected by her experiences as the child of political migrants from Turkey, poised to head Berlin coalition government Elif Eralp launched her election bid last autumn with the blunt statement: “People like me are actually not supposed to become mayor in this country.” So the fact that the 45-year-old lawyer and daughter of political migrants from Turkey is on the verge of becoming Berlin’s next mayor and the capital’s first leader of Turkish origin is quite

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Kate Connolly

    AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer, former porn actor, neopagans and neo-Nazis (opens the original)

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    Far-right German party’s newly elected representatives face fresh scrutiny as it tries to form government in Saxony-Anhalt Why is the AfD’s state victory significant and what might happen next? The Alternative für Deutschland is facing scrutiny over the suitability of some of its prospective new MPs – including a former Stasi officer and a former pornography actor – just days after its historic win in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Presented by the AfD’s lead candidate, Ulrich Sie

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Kate Connolly

    ‘I fear the price could be high’: Inside the German state where the far-right surged (opens the original)

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    After the AfD’s landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt, people in the state capital share what they make of the result – and what comes next Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Asking residents in a city where a seismic political event has just taken place ‘How do you feel?’ demands chutzpah – this struck me as I walked around Magdeburg, Germany on Monday. The night before, the far-right populist, anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin party Alternative für Deustchland (AfD)

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Kate Connolly

    ‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital (opens the original)

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    Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-Anhalt Maryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland to a historically high vote in the Saxony-Anhalt elections. “Don’t laugh at me,” she said, “but I wish we could go back to the days of Angela Merkel, when things were OK in Germany

  5. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Kate Connolly

    Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority (opens the original)

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    Alternative für Deutschland surges to victory in Saxony-Anhalt as Friedrich Merz’s CDU slumps to disastrous result Merz says ‘shock’ AfD victory ‘is an election result we cannot simply move past’ – live updates AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’ The populist, far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has surged to a resounding victory in a crucial state election in Germany, but fell just short of winning a majority in its quest to form

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