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French PM Duels With Far-right Chief In Bid To Close Poll Gap

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-right party leader Jordan Bardella will lock horns Thursday in a TV debate ahead of European elections, as the ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron seeks to stave off disaster at the ballot box.

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France’s Le Pen hints at far-right alliance with Italy’s Meloni

Radio France Internationale

German far-right party bans its top European election candidate from campaigning after Nazi remark

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has banned its top candidate for next month’s European election from making any more campaign appearances and said he would resign from the party’s board immediately

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Meloni, Le Pen Flirt With Combining EU Far-right Forces

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

International Business Times

Europe’s far right in disarray as Germany’s AfD candidate resigns

Party’s latest controversy highlights growing divisions within European far-right and nationalist groups

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s AfD bans top candidate from EU poll events over Nazi comments

Maximilian Krah recently said Nazi SS members ‘not all criminals’, prompting French far-right allies to shun party.

Al Jazeera

Germany's AfD Bans Scandal-hit Lead Candidate From EU Election Events

Germany's far-right AfD party on Wednesday banned its leading candidate from EU election campaign events, as it battled to draw a line under a series of scandals that has sparked a break with its French allies.

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German ‘Reichsbuerger’ coup plotters go on trial: Is democracy at stake?

The ‘Reichsbuerger’ movement was planning to overthrow the German government. Is the threat of a coup real?

Al Jazeera

Friday briefing: What’s behind the increase in violent attacks on Europe’s politicians?

In today’s newsletter: The shooting of the Slovak prime minister, Robert Fico, was the first attempt on the life of a European head of state since 2003 – and reflects a growing polarisation across the continent

The Guardian - UK

German court fines senior AfD politician €13,000 for using banned Nazi phrase

Björn Höcke, party’s candidate to lead Thuringia state, found to have deliberately used SA slogan in 2021 speech

The Guardian - UK

Verdict Expected In Trial Of German Far-right Firebrand

One of Germany's most controversial politicians from the far-right AfD party on Tuesday faces a court verdict on whether he deliberately used a Nazi slogan at a rally.

International Business Times

German Court Defeat Deals Fresh Blow To Far-right AfD

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) suffered a stinging defeat Monday as a court threw out its bid to stop Germany's intelligence services from investigating it as a suspected right-wing extremist organisation.

International Business Times

Court confirms German intelligence surveillance of ‘extremist’ AfD

Court finds ‘sufficient evidence’ to justify the classification of the far-right party as a threat to democracy.

Al Jazeera

Scandals fail to knock Germany’s AfD off course before electoral tests

Far-right party’s poll numbers have fallen but analysts say negative headlines unlikely to sway its supporters

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Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf

Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots, but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament

The Guardian - UK

As Germany’s postwar constitution turns 75, threats to its democracy are looming

The 1949 Basic Law is a source of national pride – but is it still enough to protect the country from the rise of populism? asks author John Kampfner

The Guardian - UK

What are the EU elections and why do they matter?

Some believe little will change even with a far-right surge, but others say ballot could be defining moment for bloc

The Guardian - UK

Olaf Scholz condemns attacks on politicians after third assault in a week

German chancellor says attacks are ‘outrageous and cowardly’ after politicians have been hit and injured in Germany

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Major German Companies Warn Against Vote For Extremism

Germany's biggest companies said Tuesday they have formed an alliance to campaign against extremism ahead of key EU Parliament elections, when the far right is projected to make strong gains.

The Guardian - UK

Four teenagers investigated over attack on German MEP

Violent assault on Social Democrat politician triggers debate over rise in aggression against public figures

International Business Times

Far-right Parties Wage Disinfo War Ahead Of EU Vote

Far-right populist parties are way ahead of their traditional rivals in the race for voter attention on social media, where disinformation is stirring fear and rage around key issues in June's European elections, experts say.

The Guardian - UK

Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns

Unaffordable rents and property prices risk becoming a key political battleground across the continent

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17-Year-Old Confesses To Attacking German Politician In Dresden

17-year-old confesses to attacking German politician in Dresden, sparking political tensions. AfD and SPD trade accusations over the incident.

Al Jazeera

Germany’s Scholz calls for unity against far-right after MEP seriously hurt

Chancellor’s appeal comes after four assailants brutally attacked a politician who was campaigning in eastern Germany.

The Guardian - UK

I never thought people like me voted for the far right. I was wrong

In Germany the AfD uses second-generation members to overhaul its xenophobic image – some buy into the message, says the journalist and writer Khuê Phạm

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