Söder still pushes for the nationwide classification even though it has had no effect on AfD’s popularity in three eastern German states.

Bas worries more about ‘populists’ being a threat to democracy than the establishment parties trying to outlaw a party with wide public support.

A €75 donation from Russia and an account in a financial institution also used by a Russian media company has been enough for the new BSW party to come under fire.

Internal division over migration appears to be tearing Germany’s governing coalition apart.

Denmark now bows to the demands of dictatorial Middle Eastern regimes, Danish People’s Party MP Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen said. 

AfD officials call the classification a desperate attempt to drag the party’s name through the mud ahead of next year’s elections.

Serbia’s relationship with the EU and Russia will play a crucial role in the upcoming election.

Tusk’s coalition suspended the bill after accusations that it would primarily benefit Germany’s wind energy industry and threaten Polish food security.

The CDU politician pushing the ban has delayed introducing the bill, claiming to be waiting for a court decision.

AfD spokesman it was “brazen and ridiculous” to blame the party “for the lack of attractiveness of Germany as a [business] location.”

Asylum applications across the EU, meanwhile, have risen by 30% this year.

People with ‘migrant background’—defined as having at least one parent without German citizenship—receive majority of welfare benefits but comprise just 24.3% of Germany’s population.