Germany’s conservatives claim victory in national election Although the far-right AfD won 152 seats and would give CDU leader Friedrich Merz a comfortable 360-seat majority, he has already declared he won't form a coalition with the party. JNS Staff Feb. 24, 2025
Germans have ‘too much focus on guilt,’ Elon Musk says The billionaire also praised the AfD party in an address he delivered remotely at one of its rallies. Jan. 26, 2025
Musk and Vance’s Germany comments and learning history’s lessons Endorsements of the far-right AfD are misguided; still, those who draw conclusions from Angela Merkel’s historic immigration blunder are realists, not fascists. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 26, 2024
Staffer to far-right AfD leader in Germany fired after neo-Nazi meeting Roland Hartwig reportedly discussed a “master plan” to deport millions from Germany, such as migrants and “unassimilated citizens.” Jan. 17, 2024
German far-right party celebrates first governing post win The Alternative for Germany candidate won the vote for country executive in an eastern state. June 26, 2023
Germany’s far-right comes to Yad Vashem We should have few illusions about the AfD, and, indeed, its co-thinkers and sister parties elsewhere in Europe, but we should not disdain them automatically. Ben Cohen May 12, 2023
German extremist ‘dances’ on Holocaust memorial The Israeli ambassador in Berlin, Ron Prosor, condemned far-right politician Holger Winterstein for his disrespectful behavior. Oct. 12, 2022
Germany’s new ‘traffic light’ government signals worry for German Jews “We now have a culture minister who is a close friend of the Iranians and who has bowed her head wearing a headscarf in front of the mullah regime, in addition to being a supporter of the boycotters of Israel,” said Sacha Stawski, head of the pro-Israel watchdog group Honestly Concerned. Orit Arfa Dec. 8, 2021
German elections see rise of center-left as Merkel-era comes to end Many Jewish activists have criticized the government’s insistence on maintaining strong business and diplomatic ties with the Iranian regime under Social Democratic Party’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Sept. 27, 2021
