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Protestors hold a banner reading 'Bjoern Hoecke is a Nazi' outside the state court in Halle, Germany, April 18, 2024
ONE of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party went on trial today on charges of using a Nazi slogan.
Bjorn Hocke, the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Thuringia and a powerful figure on the party’s hard right, plans to stand for election as the state’s governor later this year.
While never formally a national leader of AfD, the former history teacher has been consistently influential as the 11-year-old party steadily headed further right and ousted several comparatively moderate figures.
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
In part two of May’s Berlin Bulletin, VICTOR GROSSMAN, having assessed the policies of the new government, looks at how the opposition is faring