There are open arrest warrants for nearly 700 people from the far-right spectrum, for reasons including "politically motivated violent offences" and "crimes with right-wing motivation".
German federal prosecutors say former AfD member of Bundestag, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, is among those suspected of plotting a coup and was set to be the justice minister of the new regime.
Most individuals identified by authorities were supporters of the far-right Reichsburger movement who were reportedly planning to install a new government to be led by a prince.
A grassroots petition calls for an immediate airlift for all people at risk in Afghanistan and a federal program to resettle Afghan refugees in safe zones across Germany.
The CDU under new party chief Armin Laschet wins between 35 and 36 percent of the vote, exit polls show, with the anti-immigration AfD between 22.5 and 23.5 percent.
In an ongoing legal battle, the far-right Alternative for Germany has been fighting against being classified as “suspected” by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the federal domestic intelligence agency.
An administrative court in Cologne rules that spying on the far-right Alternative for Germany party, AfD, puts it at a disadvantage and amounts to interference with the democratic process.
Immigration authority says the pro-regime Syrian who found a platform in the far-right anti-immigrant AfD is not under threat of persecution.
A group of German AfD MPs visited Yerevan to show support to Armenia amid Azerbaijan’s de-occupation campaign to liberate Nagorno-Karabakh.
Christian Luth, the former spokesperson of Germany’s far-right AfD has been sacked from the party.
The elections come as the CDU looks ahead to a congress in December when it must choose a new leader.
Berlin police broke up a mass protest against coronavirus measures and arrested 300 in the German capital after demonstrators failed to keep their distance and wear masks as instructed.
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