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In Controversial Company: Conservatives and Far Right United on German Unity Day

Despite the attempts to draw a clear line between conservatism and the far right, the eastern German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) celebrated the highly symbolic 30th anniversary of German Unity…

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7 min

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Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000–2020

Drawing on an original database of party expulsions of radical right parties in Europe across twenty countries from 2000-2020, Felix Wiebrecht, James F. Downes, Edward Chan and Anna Kam devise…

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5 min

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The German AfD Makes Appeals To Russian-Germans

“We open the borders for migrants, but the doors to Germany are closed for ethnic Germans in crisis regions.” This critical statement on Germany’s recent immigration policy came from Waldemar Herdt, an…

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Can anything be done against radical right misinformation?

Can there be a better solution than spreading awareness and counter-narratives? In her recent article on openDemocracy, Miranda Christou argues that the radical right does three things: spreads (dangerously) false information,…

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5 min

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An “ambivalent day”: How the AfD attempts to re-frame the 8th May as day to commemorate German Victimhood

Suggestions to make the 8th May a national German holiday on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War have given the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…

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Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Introduction In April 2020, the German radical right party ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) lost more than 4% in the opinion polls compared to January. Its popularity this month was at…

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5 min

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“Long live freedom!”: How the AfD presents itself as Defender of the German Basic Law

In the campaign “Gemeinsam für das Grundgesetz” (Together for the Basic Law), the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) presents its far-right political positions as liberal-conservative to defy accusations of anti-constitutionality. During…

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4 min

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Germany: is the COVID-19 pandemic weakening the far right?

German far-right responses to the COVID-19 pandemic reveal their lack of social responsibility. As the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting public life across the globe, the far-right “Patriotic Europeans against the…

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7 min

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Have We Seen the Eternal Return of Fascism?

Unlike yesterday’s fascists, today’s radical right-wing leaders propagate neither territorial expansion nor anything close to the racial laws of the 1930s. Björn Höcke is public enemy number one in present-day…

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5 min

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‘Protect the Environment!’ – Environmental Campaigning by the Radical Right Alternative for Germany

By now, the climate-change scepticism of the radical-right, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is well-known and has been discussed in both academic and non-academic publications. Opposition to the thesis of…

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In Controversial Company: Conservatives and Far Right United on German Unity Day

Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000–2020

The German AfD Makes Appeals To Russian-Germans

Can anything be done against radical right misinformation?

An “ambivalent day”: How the AfD attempts to re-frame the 8th May as day to commemorate German Victimhood

Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

“Long live freedom!”: How the AfD presents itself as Defender of the German Basic Law

Germany: is the COVID-19 pandemic weakening the far right?

Have We Seen the Eternal Return of Fascism?

‘Protect the Environment!’ – Environmental Campaigning by the Radical Right Alternative for Germany

White melancholy in Sweden: a fertile ground for the rise of the radical right?

The Death Of White Supremacist Tom Metzger Marks The End Of An Era

Trump’s Exploitation Of Christianity And Assault On Women’s Rights

Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?