↧
Far-right German EU lawmaker denies contract fraud allegations
Maximilian Krah, a far-right EU lawmaker from Germany, is fighting back against allegations that the EU prosecutor’s office is poised to investigate him over potential contract fraud. The case...
View ArticleGerman far right picks EU lead candidate, wants European anti-migrant ‘fortress’
Germany’s increasingly popular far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected the controversial MEP Maximilian Krah as its lead candidate for next year’s European Parliament election, while...
View ArticleGermany bewildered about how to halt the rise of the AfD
Markus Ziener is a senior visiting fellow with the German Marshal Fund in Berlin. In Germany, news regarding the seemingly unstoppable rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) appears on...
View ArticleHow the far right weaponized heat pumps
Alternative for Germany has woven climate change policy alongside migration and Euroskepticism into its grand narrative of decay, elitism and rage. By KARL MATHIESENin Wiesbaden, Germany Illustration...
View ArticleThis time, the far-right threat is real
BRUSSELS — Every five years, like clockwork, mainstream politicians freak out about the rise of radicals and populists ahead of the European election. But then, the danger suddenly seems to dissipate...
View ArticleTikTok curtails German far right’s top EU election candidate
Video-sharing platform TikTok has limited the influence of German far-right politician Maximilian Krah over the spread of conspiracy theories. Krah is a member of the European Parliament who is...
View ArticleEU’s Russiagate hits German far right
Europe’s Russiagate scandal may be about to claim its first political victim. In a letter obtained by POLITICO, leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party pile pressure on a lawmaker...
View Article‘I hope Ukraine will lose’: What MEPs told Russian propaganda channel
BRUSSELS — “If it is a war of civilization, well, I hope the civilization in Ukraine will lose,” said Marcel de Graaff, a Dutch far-right lawmaker, from a TV studio just inside the European Parliament...
View ArticleVon der Leyen castigates far-right AfD over Russiagate scandal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen slammed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over allegations that some of its top members are linked with a scandal involving...
View ArticleGermany arrests EU Parliament aide over bombshell China spying claims
German police arrested the aide of a top European lawmaker working for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over accusations he spied for China. The staffer, identified as Jian G. by...
View ArticleGerman MEP embroiled in China spy scandal refuses to step down
Far-right German MEP Maximilian Krah refused to quit the European election race Wednesday, despite allegations that his top aide was spying for China. Krah, from the Alternative for Germany party...
View ArticleGermany probes claims far-right MEP took payments from Russia, China
The German judiciary launched two preliminary investigations on Wednesday against MEP Maximilian Krah from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over alleged payments from Russia and China...
View ArticleFar-right AfD reels as German lawmakers slam party over espionage and...
The far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is in dire trouble as it deals with the fallout of allegations that two of its leading candidates for the European election have dodgy links to Russia...
View ArticleMEP Krah accessed ‘sensitive’ documents, EU Parliament trade committee chair...
The office of far-right German MEP Maximilian Krah, who is embroiled in espionage and corruption allegations, has accessed “sensitive” documents from the European Parliament’s trade committee via an...
View ArticleGermany’s far-right believers blame spy claims on ‘witch hunt’
MAGDEBURG, Germany — Will the sensational allegations of espionage and dubious links to Russia and China implicating politicians of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) be the decisive blow...
View ArticlePolice raid far-right German MEP’s office in China espionage probe
BRUSSELS — Belgian and German police on Tuesday conducted searches at the European Parliament offices of a far-right MEP and his aide as part of an investigation into suspected Chinese espionage. An...
View ArticleWho votes for the European far right? And why?
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play Acast As recent national elections in several European countries have shown, far-right voters no longer fit the stereotype of the angry, old white man, but...
View ArticleGerman far-right politician’s office searched as part of bribery and money...
Police have searched the parliamentary office of a prominent far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) politician in connection with a probe into bribery and money laundering, according to German...
View ArticleFrance’s National Rally won’t sit with Alternative for Germany in EU Parliament
PARIS — Less than three weeks before the EU election and Europe’s far right appears to be in crisis after France’s National Rally said it won’t sit alongside Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD)...
View ArticleGerman far right’s problems deepen after SS remarks
Maximilian Krah, the scandal-plagued lead candidate in the EU election for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, announced Wednesday that he will stop campaigning and step down from his...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....