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The AfD just short of an absolute majority

Helmut Born — 2026-09-10T10:51:22Z

On 6 September a new Landtag was elected in Saxony-Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt is the smallest of the territorial Länder by population, with 2.1 million people. It was clear in advance that there would be considerable changes. At the last Landtag election in 2021 the AfD, which the Saxony-Anhalt domestic intelligence service has classified as confirmed right-wing extremist, took over 20 per cent. In the run-up to this election the standing of the federal government of CDU and SPD reached a low point, as the opinion polls had made foreseeable. Accordingly the task for all the other parties was at least to prevent an absolute majority for the AfD, in percentages as well as in seats.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Germany

Eastern elections and Die Linke: anything but an all-party government

Thies Gleiss — 2026-09-08T06:18:26Z

After the results of the Saxony-Anhalt elections on 6 September the discussion on perspectives for the German left is even more important. In this prescient analysis, written shortly before the election, Thies Gleiss outlines the roots of the crisis.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Germany, Far Right

Forcing Refugees To Return to Syria is a Bad Idea

Joseph Daher — 2026-07-11T10:23:20Z

“Not only are the conditions for a safe and dignified return to Syria not given. Without economic recovery and the reconstruction of critical state infrastructure a mass return of refugees to Syria would only worsen socio-economic conditions within the country and threaten large sectors of society dependent on remittances to survive.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Germany, Syria, Migration

Anti-militarism that forgets those under attack is no anti-militarism at all

Collective — 2026-06-17T15:28:08Z

“Against the arms race as a profit-making machine. Against turning a blind eye to Russian imperialism. For a left-wing peace policy that integrates self-defense and social control. No weapons for profit, but weapons for those under attack. Peace means an end to aggression”

- Features / Germany, Ukraine

International Anti-Capitalist Summer Camp

Emil Höllein — 2026-06-04T11:55:17Z

From 18 to 25 July 2026, the Movement for Socialism (BfS/MPS) of Switzerland, in collaboration with the Internationale Sozialistische Organisation (ISO) in Germany, is organising the 41st summer camp of the Fourth International.

- News from around the world / Youth camp, Germany, Fourth International, Switzerland

Germany joins Hungary in prosecuting left‑wing activists

Gus Fagan — 2026-02-07T11:57:07Z

Gus Fagan reports on the repression of anti-fascists by Germany and Hungary

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Germany, Hungary, Antifascism

Tribute to the internationalist communists deported to Buchenwald

François Preneau — 2025-10-26T10:56:13Z

On Saturday 11 October 2025, at the Buchenwald memorial and on the initiative of the association Les amis d'Arbeiter und Soldat, a tribute was paid to the internationalist communists deported to Buchenwald.

- News from around the world / France, Germany, Fourth International, Historical events and figures

“A left-wing, grassroots orientation allows you to score points in times of polarization”

Antoine Larrache, Violetta Bock — 2025-09-30T04:56:44Z

Our comrade Violetta Bock presents the situation in Germany and her work as a Member of Parliament for Die Linke, which consists of making a link between the working classes and the contesting of an increasingly unstable power. She spoke to Antoine Larrache.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Germany

Germany and the Repressive Apparatus Against the Pro-Palestinian Movement: the Case of Berlin

Roser Garí Pérez — 2025-06-18T09:31:33Z

The German state's ongoing repression of the pro-Palestine movement, especially in Berlin, has reached levels that concern human rights organisations such as Amnesty International, international media, and even Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories.

- Features / Germany

Germany's Enslavement to Its Past Kept It Silent on Gaza for Far Too Long

Gideon Levy — 2025-06-18T09:30:59Z

Germany has betrayed the memory of the Holocaust and its lessons. A country that saw its highest task as not to forget has forgotten. A country that told itself that it would never remain silent is silent. A country that once said "Never Again," and now: "again," with arms, with funding, with silence. There is no country that should be better than Germany at "discerning nauseating processes." Every German knows much more about them than Yair Golan. Here in Israel they are in full swing, yet Germany has not yet recognized them for what they are. It was only recently that it woke up too late and to too little effect.

- Features / Germany, Israel