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Fact Check: Fake Chart Shows AfD Bot Activity Drop
A chart predicting AfD bot activity drop after Ukraine bombed Russian data centers is fabricated, not real data.
Lead Stories · 1m
Ukraine Drone Strike Misled About Bot Farms
Ukraine’s drone strike on Yandex data centers falsely claimed to silence Russian bots.
Mother Jones · 1m
Söder demands CDU members reveal AfD support
Bavarian leader calls CDU members who backed far-right speaker to show 'backbone'.
Dw · 1m
Italy's Far Right Blueprint
How Italy's political experiments birthed the modern far right across Europe.
Foreign Policy · 2m
Germany news: Merz rails against extremism, AfD sympathizers
Chancellor Merz condemns AfD's rise in state legislatures as historic break.
Dw · 2m
AfD Pushes End to Ukraine Support
Germany's far-right AfD party demands halt to military aid for Ukraine, urging Russia ties restoration.
The Straits Times · 1m
AfD claims Magdeburg parliament presidency
Germany's far-right AfD seeks the Saxony-Anhalt parliament speaker role with BSW support, sidelining the CDU.
POLITICO · 1m
Trust in Germany's Constitutional Court Slipping
Germany's constitutional court trust drops as political tensions rise over judicial appointments.
Dw · 1m
Germany's Merz vows to stay course despite election defeats
Chancellor Merz pledges to remain in office after historic CDU losses in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania elections.
Malay Mail · 1m
German Voters Head to Polls in Key State Elections
Far-right parties eye gains as German voters head to polls in critical state elections.
Malay Mail · 1m
Merz's grip on power weakens as far-right surges
Germany's chancellor cancels UN trip as the AfD's election victory threatens his leadership and exposes deep party divisions.
CBS News · 3m
Muslim World League Head says Europe Not Worried
Saudi religious leader says Europe’s far-right rise doesn’t cause worry.
euronews · 1m
German town bans Holocaust memorials from streets
Heidenau votes to remove stumbling stones from public spaces, drawing fierce criticism from politicians and Holocaust survivors.
BBC News · 1m
Germany's chancellor on borrowed time after election shock
Friedrich Merz's coalition government reels from regional election losses as Germany grapples with economic anxiety and the rise of the far-right AfD.
BBC News · 2m
German election humiliation puts Merz on borrowed time
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces CDU collapse after disastrous state election results.
the Guardian · 1m
Young Men and Women's Political Shifts
TikTok experiments reveal young women lean far left, men far right in German elections.
EUobserver · 1m
East German identity gaps
East Germans earn less, own less property, and face fewer opportunities than West Germans.
Dw · 1m
Berlin Left Wins Housing Socialization Push
Berlin’s Left party wins election with housing socialization pledge.
Foreign Policy · 2m
German election rout threatens growth reforms
Far-right and left-wing parties surge in state elections, leaving Chancellor Merz's pro-growth agenda in peril.
CNBC · 1m
Merz's crisis shakes Germany's political stability
Germany's chancellor faces his lowest approval ratings ever as far-right and left-wing parties surge, threatening European unity.
BBC News · 2m
Merz vows to hold Germany's coalition together
Germany's chancellor faces mounting pressure after his party's worst-ever state election results, but refuses to step down.
BBC News · 1m
Merz vows to stay on after German election disaster
Chancellor Friedrich Merz refuses to step down despite his party's worst-ever results in two state elections.
BBC News · 1m · 5 views
German elections test Merz's grip on power
Local votes in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern could force out the chancellor after just 16 months.
BBC News · 2m · 5 views
Germany Is Officially Adrift
Chancellor Merz's power is collapsing at home, threatening Germany's role as Europe's anchor.
Foreign Policy · 3m
German far-right surges in state election disaster for Merz
The AfD wins its second state election this year as Chancellor Merz's approval plummets and mainstream parties refuse to work with the far right.
TIME · 2m
Klopp takes Germany job amid far-right surge
New coach Jurgen Klopp uses football to reclaim national pride from extremists after AfD's election gains.
BBC Sport · 1m
Sweden rejected the far right. Will Europe listen?
Sweden's voters punished the far-right Sweden Democrats, but mainstream parties have already adopted their hardline policies on immigration and crime.
the Guardian · 2m
Why East Germany is voting far right
A historian explains the AfD's surge in former East Germany and what mainstream parties got wrong.
The New Yorker · 4m
Eight state leaders back Merz as chancellor faces pressure
German state premiers rally behind Friedrich Merz after far-right AfD surge raises questions about his leadership.
BBC News · 1m
What's the matter with eastern Germany?
German far-right populism traces back to reunification, but historians disagree about why.
Foreign Policy · 3m
The AfD's dark agenda for Germany
A far-right party just took 43.8% in an eastern German state, and its 258-page manifesto spells out exactly what comes next.
TIME · 3m
Germany's firewall against the far right just cracked
The AfD took 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, and the chancellor who promised to stop them is the one on the ropes.
the Guardian · 2m
The far right's oldest trick: reject the label
After the AfD's win in Saxony-Anhalt, the fight moved from policy to a single phrase people would rather not wear.
Mother Jones · 2m
Merz Clashes With AfD Leader Following Far-Right Election Win
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz directly challenged the AfD in parliament after the far-right party secured a massive victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
BBC News · 1m
