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German far-right figurehead Alice Weidel plans court action on Friday against Facebook on failure to delete hate speech.

1,000 refugees, 3,000 Poles, Germans who've lost their country of birth: What do people in Görlitz see as "Heimat"?

Police on Lesbos have cleared the port of Mytilene’s main square after a clash between a far-right group and migrants.

The amendments proposed by the populist AfD have been met with opposition from all parliamentary groups.

Criticizing the club for enabling sex, drugs and sleep-deprived partying, a Berlin councilwoman proposed closing it.

Newspaper Die Zeit says Bundestag staff have denied entry to a soldier recruited part-time by an AfD deputy.

The former leader of the far-right AfD says the party is using Germany's economic and cultural rifts to its advantage.

Berlin will ask the Constitutional Court to alter party funding laws in order to cut off the neo-Nazi NPD.

As a member of the Echo prize advisory board, Christian Höppner accepted the nomination of the controversial rappers.

FPÖ lawmaker Norbert Steger has said he was upset by ORF's "biased" reporting on the Hungarian election.

German church and ethics spokesmen have slammed the wording of a far-right AfD query on incest leading to disability.

Berlin bookshop owner Jörg Braunsdorf started a grassroots counter-movement against far-right extremism.

Germany's Left party is demanding that the Bundeswehr rid itself of far-right adherents.

German dual nationals turned jihadists should be denied German passports, says Bavaria's Stephan Mayer,

German federal prosecutors have searched apartments of people suspected of founding a far-right terror group.

Join Damien McGuinness, Andrea Shalal, Bojan Pancevski and Maya Shwayder for a discussion on anti-Semitism in Germany.

Germany's new commissioner for its eastern states says anti-refugee attitudes stem from less experience with foreigners.

Aygül Kilic was a little-known candidate for the Free Democrats until her poster ignited an online controversy.

What does "Heimat" stand for? In an interview with DW, sociologist Armin Nassehi tries to give some answers.

New statistics show that a surprising number of migrants are finding work in the prospering German economy.

The protesters had placed candles, roses and pictures of victims of violent crimes blamed on migrants.

The German chancellor promoted a stricter stance on migrants while offering an inclusive message on Islam.

The opposition politicians shared their impressions of the war-torn country after returning from a controversial trip.

The figurehead of the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA was detained at a London airport before being deported.

A German think tank proposes that sociopolitical exclusion is a bigger driver of voters' discontent than xenophobia is.

A new study has found that the Ruhr Valley, once a pillar of integration, is witnessing a growth of intolerance.

As she kicked off her fourth term, Merkel made it clear that she is eyeing the populist AfD's removal from parliament.

The right wing, particularly in southern Germany, often accuses Angela Merkel of betraying conservative values.

PEGIDA founder Lutz Bachmann posted the alleged killer of a teen girl, but police say he had the wrong guy.

Incoming Family Minister Franziska Giffey is one of the fresh new faces in the government.

Steve Bannon, who served as President Donald Trump's chief strategist, delivered a call to arms for far right politics.

Jens Spahn, Germany's incoming minister of health, has defended the Tafel food bank's decision to turn away non-Germans.

The Front National is heading for a relaunch that is likely to alienate some of its voters.

German far-right groups are calling on their members to apply to be lay judges and "ensure justice" is done.

One of the suspected members of the radical "Reichsbürger" group was employed by Hesse's Culture Ministry.

On today's program: Italy's political earthquake – Is there a future for Italy’s ‘big babies’? - Germany's right-wing AfD party visits Syria - #MeToo at the European Parliament - Tensions resurface between historic rivals Greece and Turkey - Migrant deaths in the River Evros - Migrants shut out of a food bank in Germany - Disabled models on the Milan catwalk - 16-year-olds get the vote in Malta.

Angela Merkel will be officially appointed Germany's chancellor within the next couple of weeks, ending months of political uncertainty after September's general election. Merkel's fourth term was secured after the country's Social Democrats agreed to form a grand coalition government with Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats. Keith Walker talks to DW political correspondent Jefferson Chase.

Poggenburg sparked nationwide disgust after comparing Germans of Turkish origin as "camel drivers."

From France to the US, DW breaks down the unofficial visits officials have made to Syria during its multi-year conflict.

Stephen Bannon met the AfD's Alice Weidel in Switzerland, where he reportedly advised her on "alternative media."

Eight people have been found guilty of numerous crimes including deliberate attacks on refugee shelters.

Lacking trust in media coverage, AfD politicians have traveled to Syria to assess the situation for themselves.

The Lega Nord leader has said he has a "right" to govern after winning 17 percent of the vote in national elections.

Far-right groups have seized on the tragedy to justify their anti-immigration stances.

The far-right vice chancellor of Austria is facing multiple lawsuits for saying public broadcaster ORF spreads "lies."

Left wing politicians blame both the AfD and Angela Merkel's party for stirring up hatred.

An outgoing German minister has been reprimanded by the Constitutional Court for breaching her office's neutrality.

The threat of right-wing terrorism "is more significant" than perceived, said the UK's counterterrorism chief.