
UPDATED: AfD Could Secure More Than One in Three Votes in Brandenburg
Despite various campaigns against the German national conservatives, the party has opened up a 15 percentage-point lead on its rivals.

Despite various campaigns against the German national conservatives, the party has opened up a 15 percentage-point lead on its rivals.

The right-wing party has more support than the state’s governing coalition parties combined.

The local AfD leader called the state government “simply incapable and inadequate.”

Police are investigating a possible ideological motive after a spray-painted extremist symbol used in Hamas propaganda was found near the fire scene.

A Brandenburg intelligence report classified an AfD member’s social media post proposing a day of remembrance as ‘extremist.’

With the AfD now leading in regional polls, Brandenburg has named a new security chief expected to revive the push to label the party extremist.

According to a poll released on Wednesday, AfD would receive a whopping 32% of the vote if elections were held now.
An AfD query has uncovered fake accounts run by intelligence officials, who are tight-lipped about their purpose.

Coalition talks between the centre-right and left-wing parties in Saxony and Thuringia are breaking down.

The Social Democrats won the regional elections by a thin margin, but governing parties took a bashing.