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Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate for the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) party how's his motorcycle keys in party coolers after voting at a polling station during the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Tangermuende, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

German region votes in election that could bring first far-right state government to power

By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke - Associated Press

FILE - The Olympic rings are illuminated during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Berlin OKs bid to rehost Olympics on or after 100th anniversary of 1936 Games under the Nazis

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press

Leader of the far-right Afd, Alice Weidel, waves after a speech at a national election campaign event in Heidenheim, Germany, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Surging far-right AfD hopes to score new legitimacy as Germans prepare to vote

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

From left, Maximilian Krah, the 'Alternative fuer Deutschland' (Alternative for Germany) party top candidate for the European elections, Tino Chrupalla, co-chairman of the AfD and Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the AfD, sing the national anthem at the end of the European election meeting in Magdeburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The 10-year-old Alternative for Germany, or AfD, gathered in the eastern city of Magdeburg for a convention stretching over two weekends at which it plans to choose candidates and set its policy platform for next June's European Parliament election. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP)

German far-right says the EU is a ‘failed project’ as it prepares for European Parliament elections

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AfD co-leaders Tino Chrupalla, left, and Alice Weidel arrive at the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, federal party conference at the Magdeburg Messe, Germany, Friday, July 28, 2023. The 10-year-old AfD gathered in the eastern city of Magdeburg for a convention stretching over the next two weekends at which it plans to choose candidates and set its policy platform for next June's European Parliament election. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

German far-right leader urges conservatives to break down ‘firewall’ against his party

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German governor elected with far-right help to step down

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2017 photo supporters of the Alternative for Germany party hold posters &quot;Merkel must go&quot; and a flag &quot;Our country, our homeland &quot; as they protest during a campaign event of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Bitterfeld, eastern Germany. The nationalist party AfD that wants Germany to close its borders to migrants, leave Europe’s common currency and end sanctions against Russia is predicted to enter Parliament for the first time. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

German right-wing party on course to enter parliament

By FRANK JORDANS and CHRISTOPH NOELTING - Associated Press