Germany’s Political Extremes Surge: Left Wins Berlin as AfD Takes Eastern State

Jewish Life in Germany 'No Longer Safe,' Chancellor Warns as Far-Left Wins 'Election Intifada' in Berlin - Charisma Magazine Online

With Jewish life under fire across the world, two consecutive state election victories by Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have justifiably drawn attention. However, the most serious harm to Jewish life in Germany could well come from last weekend’s victory by the far-left Die Linke (The Left) in the capital Berlin. Leaders from across […]

Mamdani’s followers are seizing Berlin

Last Sunday, Germany saw a tale of two election victories. The right-wing Alternative for Deutschland narrowly edged out the left-ish Social Democrats to come first in the backwater state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania north of Berlin. Massive media coverage focused on the AfD’s success, its allegedly extreme views on immigration and the danger it poses to Germany’s democracy. The next day, the huge media contingent that had camped out in Schweri…

Germany’s Political Extremes Surge: Left Wins Berlin as AfD Takes Eastern State

Supporters of Hamas gather in Berlin. Photo: Reuters/M. Golejewski Germany’s political center suffered a major setback on Sunday as the …

Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual

In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in Berlin on the same night that the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

First they take Manhattan

One bit of German I remember from my high school days is the direction “Links um die Ecke.” We should probably extract from John’s report on the most recent electoral success of Germany’s right-wing AfD party in ⁠the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the note that things were looking different in Berlin. Left around the corner… Germany's far-left Die Linke party won Berlin’s city-state elections on Monday and celebrated its victory with Fr…