Billionaire reposts article on German efforts to save migrants in the Mediterranean with call for far-right party to win regional elections, is rebuked by Berlin

Joerg Prophet, who once called for end of German 'guilt cult' over Holocaust, will likely lead city of Nordhausen, near slave labor camp where V-2 rockets were built

Bjoern Hoecke, chief of AfD in Thuringia state, accused of saying 'Everything for Germany,' Nazi paramilitary group's motto, during campaign speech in 2021

Bavaria Gov. Markus Soeder says that it would be 'disproportionate' to fire Hubert Aiwanger amid accusations that he circulated an anti-Jewish flyer in high school 35 years ago

As polls give Alternative for Germany (AfD) 20% of the vote and ahead of Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats, chancellor predicts it will fall back to 10%

Hannes Loth elected mayor of small town of Raguhn-Jessnitz by slim margin, marking first time a candidate of the anti-immigration AfD has been voted in as full-time town mayor

Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election

Domestic security bureau's move allows tougher monitoring of group, as it pursues 'anti-constitutional endeavors' and spreads 'hatred and exclusion'

Joerg Meuthen was 3rd leader to leave the party, warning of its increasingly radical ideology; delegates approve extreme-right proposal that will allow a single leader in future

Jeremy Issacharoff's tenure saw ends of different leadership eras in both countries; resurgence of German far-right; a pandemic; and now, war threatening to fracture Europe again