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The AfD, now the second-largest party in the German government, is on a similar electoral trajectory to Hitler’s Nazi Party.

Echoes of 1930s Europe grow ever louder. We ignore them at our peril

The far right is on the march again in Germany. The parallels with the rise of Hitler almost a century ago are everywhere.

  • Dennis Glover

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Friedrich Merz, front right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, gestures while addressing supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin.

‘Never thought I would have to say something like this’: Germany turns away from US

Germany’s new leader did not even wait for the final election results before delivering his verdict on the US President - and charting the path forward.

  • Rob Harris
Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory, while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams
AfD leader Alice Weidel takes part in a televised discussion in Germany last Sunday.

The woman leading Germany’s far-right resurgence

Terrorist attacks and job cuts have left Germans feeling bitter, and Alice Weidel is set to benefit in an election some say could seal the fate of Europe.

  • Rob Harris
Margot Robbie’s Barbie swapped her high heels for Birkenstocks in the Hollywood hit movie.

Once uncool, Birkenstocks are now all the rage. But are they ‘art’? A court had to make a choice

The cork-soled sandals have enjoyed something of a rebirth since Margot Robbie wore a pink pair in Barbie. 

  • Kirsten Grieshaber
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Thousands died in this city 80 years ago – now the far right wants to own the story

Three nights of unrelenting bombing destroyed Dresden in 1945. As snow fell at the weekend, neo-Nazi supporters took to its streets to “mourn” – and win political support.

  • Rob Harris
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Adelaide homeowner Daniel Emery moved to Germany to be with his girlfriend Sarah and went back to renting.

Daniel achieved the Great Australian Dream. Then he found something better

The 32-year-old software engineer is amazed by the freedoms enjoyed by tenants in Germany.

  • Caroline Zielinski

Should we fear growing separatism? Germany offers a clue

Immigration will be the No.1 issue at next week’s German election, part of a backlash against a well-meaning but ultimately misguided policy of multicultural integration.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
US Vice President J.D. Vance stuns the audience at the 61st Munich Security Conference with his intervention in European politics.

Vance stuns Europeans with lesson on whom to trust

Leaders had gathered expecting to hear the Trump administration’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine. The US vice president decided to toe the Elon Musk line instead.

  • Jim Tankersley, Steven Erlanger and David E. Sanger
Police and emergency services stand near a damaged car that drove into demonstrators marching in Munich.

‘Probably an attack’: Children among injured as car drives into Munich crowd

The incident came hours before Munich was to host a conference of world leaders, and before Germany’s federal election.

  • Anja Guder and Wolfgang Rattay

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