Since Musk bought the social network X, formerly Twitter, in 2022, his statements and associations with ideas and figures promoting antisemitic rhetoric have rattled Jewish communal watchdogs.
Many are rallying behind an organization that does not just operate as the AfD’s youth wing but also serves as a bridge between the parliamentary far-right and neo-Nazis.
German media reported that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party plans to dissolve its current youth association, the 'Junge Alternative' (JA), replacing it with a new organization.
The snap elections might create a new political crisis, however, since recent polls show the Conservatives will not have a partner to form a right-wing government.
Europe Affairs - In a political landscape rife with controversy, Mirjam Lübke stands out as a Jewish woman working for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
As Germany's far-right AfD secures regional victories and the left-wing BSW rises, new challenges for Israel's relationship with its key European ally and the Jewish community within it emerge.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter."
According to official data, nearly 5,400 attacks against public and elected officials were carried out in Germany in 2023.
Germany will hold local elections on September 1 and could see the rise of the far-right AfD party in Thuringia.
In Sunday’s election, the AfD came in second to Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and its more conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.
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