‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.
After the Aschaffenburg attack, all of Germany’s establishment parties on far-right course
With their anti-migrant tirades, the establishment parties are pursuing two goals: two goals: dividing the working class and building a police state.
German officials, residents attend commemoration of 2 people killed in knife attack
BERLIN (AP) — Government officials and local residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate about migration ahead of the Feb. 23 general election.
Germany: Aschaffenburg attack prompts political blame game
Berlin blames Bavaria. Bavaria blames Berlin. With migrants suspected in several deadly attacks, German politicians are jostling for position with calls to reform migration ahead of February's federal election.
Thousands protest in Germany against the far-right as AfD party begins election campaign
Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month's election
Thousands protest the rise of German far right ahead of Feb. 23 general election
Memorial service held in Germany following Aschaffenburg attack
A memorial service has commenced in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg four days after an attack there resulted in two deaths. "Today we are full of sorrow," Aschaffenburg parish priest, Martin Heim,
Toddler and man killed in knife attack at German park
Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.
German opposition leader plans migration proposals to parliament in risky pre-election move
Germany’s opposition leader says his party will bring motions to toughen migration policy to parliament next week in one of its last sessions before the country’s election.
Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election
Germany's opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker spills over into an election campaign in which he is the front-runner.
Two killed in German park in stabbing attack; Afghan suspect arrested
A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following a knife attack on Wednesday in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police and the state health minister said.
2 people were killed in a knife attack in Germany and a suspect has been detained, police say
German police say two people, including a two-year-old boy, were killed and two others were severely injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria.
Germany's Asylum Services In The Spotlight After Knife Attack
With Germany reeling from another deadly knife attack by a migrant suspect, experts warned that the inability of asylum seekers to access mental health services has added to their existing vulnerabilities.