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AfD merchandise, including a shirt with the portrait of the party's top candidate for regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, is on display in the Hyparschale hall in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, during a regional party congress on April 11, 2026.

Establishment Parties Push Through Reform To Curb Surging AfD

Zoltán Kottász April 24, 2026

German mainstream parties are trying to weaken the rising AfD with a sweeping reform of parliamentary rules in Saxony-Anhalt.

AfD co-chair Alice Weidel gestures during her speech at CPAC Hungary 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, on March 21, 2026.

Historic Night in Rhineland: AfD Doubles Vote, SPD Crashes

Javier Villamor March 23, 2026

The CDU victory and AfD’s historic 19.5% are set to alter the political balance in western Germany.

An AfD electoral poster pictured in Mainz, western Germany, on March 17, 2026, ahead of the March 22 regional elections in Rhineland-Palatinate

AfD Set To Double Its Share of the Vote in Sunday’s Regional Election

Javier Villamor March 20, 2026

The right-wing populist party is predicted to garner 20%, amid a dispute with the CDU in Germany and in the European Parliament over migration policy.

“If the EPP yields to German pressure, the conflict will return in every vote on migration”— AfD MEP Alexander Sell

Javier Villamor March 19, 2026

“What we are seeing now is that the political map of Europe has changed, but some parties are still trying to behave as if nothing had happened.”

AfD firewall crumbling (AI-generated image) EuCon

Firewall Against AfD Begins To Crack as Party Becomes ‘Normalized’ in Germany

Javier Villamor March 11, 2026

A recent survey says only 40% of Germans still oppose any parliamentary cooperation with the AfD.

When Frankenstein Governments Rule Europe

Sven R. Larson December 17, 2025

Coalitions are taking over national governments in Europe with only one goal: to keep national conservatives out of government. This is seriously jeopardizing Europe’s future.

Against Muzzling the Right

A.M. Fantini December 4, 2025

What the conservative establishment and its elites must finally grasp is that the rise of these dissident, polemical voices is an indictment—of themselves, first of all.

Then Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera talks during a plenary session at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on November 20, 2024.

Commission VP: EPP Undermines Stability by Voting With the Right

Javier Villamor December 2, 2025

In an interview, Ribera also argued that Europe’s regulatory autonomy is at risk if the EPP-driven push for deregulation advances.

EPP Votes With Right To Ease Corporate Sustainability Rules

Zolta Győri November 13, 2025

The Patriots for Europe and ECR groups rallied a majority for the EPP to pass a bill cutting red tape on European competitiveness.

Immigration Takes Centre Stage as Dutch Left Moves to Stop Wilders

Javier Villamor October 28, 2025

The campaign is polarised between defending the progressive consensus and growing fatigue over the migration crisis.

Tag: cordon sanitaire

Establishment Parties Push Through Reform To Curb Surging AfD

Historic Night in Rhineland: AfD Doubles Vote, SPD Crashes

AfD Set To Double Its Share of the Vote in Sunday’s Regional Election

“If the EPP yields to German pressure, the conflict will return in every vote on migration”— AfD MEP Alexander Sell

Firewall Against AfD Begins To Crack as Party Becomes ‘Normalized’ in Germany

When Frankenstein Governments Rule Europe

Against Muzzling the Right

Commission VP: EPP Undermines Stability by Voting With the Right

EPP Votes With Right To Ease Corporate Sustainability Rules

Immigration Takes Centre Stage as Dutch Left Moves to Stop Wilders

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