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Germans were voting in a national election on Sunday that is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards.

Around 250,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Munich to protest against right-wing extremism, as a survey showed that migration is German voters’ main concern ahead of this month’s general election.

The motion was rejected by a margin of 12 votes.

Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, after last-minute talks to find a compromise to avert the vote to tighten immigration controls appeared to have failed.

Tens of thousands of people protested across Germany on Thursday night against the conservatives led by chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz for pushing through a proposal on tighter immigration control with the help of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest at a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used for the first time to secure a majority.

Poland’s prime minister has described as “ominous” comments made by Elon Musk to supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party that they should “move beyond” guilt for the country’s history.

Up to 120,000 people protested before Musk reiterated his support for the far-right.

The European Commission has told Elon Musk to provide documentation regarding changes to the recommendation system on X amid concern at the social media platform's influence on European politics, The Financial Times reported.

Police have launched an investigation into the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after one of its local branches distributed campaign flyers in the form of ‘deportation tickets,’ some of them delivered to immigrant communities.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has officially nominated its co-leader, Alice Weidel, as its candidate for chancellor in the upcoming Bundestag elections.

The man suspected of ramming a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing five people, has “clear signs of mental disorder,” though it is still too soon to jump to any conclusions, Germany's interior minister said on Monday.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk drew criticism from German politicians from the government and opposition on Sunday for an opinion piece he wrote backing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) which they deemed “intrusive” outside influence.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk backed Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a guest opinion piece for Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper published online on Saturday that prompted the commentary editor to resign in protest.

The death toll from a car-ramming at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg rose to five on Saturday, according to German newspaper Bild, after a suspect on Friday ploughed into a large crowd of visitors.

The co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has said that Berlin should reconsider its membership of NATO if the western military alliance fails to consider the interests of all European nations, adding that it is “currently not a defensive alliance.”

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday nominated co-leader Alice Weidel as its first chancellor candidate in the party's 11-year history, setting out its bid for power ahead of a snap election due in February.

German authorities have arrested a politician from the far-right opposition AfD party for his alleged connection to a Neo-Nazi plot to overthrow the government in Berlin, Der Spiegel news outlet has reported.

A politician from Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party teaches cello part-time at a prominent Moscow music academy that supports Russia’s stance on the Ukraine war.

Allegations that a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party uses political prisoners as laborers in Belarus have been confirmed, according to German public broadcaster MDR.