Björn Höcke fined for invoking language of Nazi’s paramilitary wing, the brown-shirted storm troopers
The far-right AfD’s role as kingmaker could threaten Germany’s ruling coalition
Björn Höcke, the party’s most rightwing leader, seeks to overturn the postwar consensus
Björn Höcke makes AfD hard to ignore but polarises opinion even within party
The far right is now training its sights on the arts — and playwrights and politicians are locked in combat
The AfD has brought controversy and conflict back into Germany’s politics — but how far can it go in this month’s vote?
Deputy leader aims to bolster weakened party and unify a ‘bunch of anarchists’
AfD leader Frauke Petry’s attempts to impose discipline denounced by party barons
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