- German media report that about 10 per cent of all MPs for the Radical Right AfD (state and federal level) are currently investigated by the police. Allegations range from incitement to fraud and tax evasion. In dubio pro and all that, but it’s not exactly what you normally mean by a law & order party, eh?
- A 89-year old “Nazi Grandma” has failed to show up for the start of her prison sentence.
- German school-leaving exam has students discuss the differences between the hopes connected to the British referendum, and the reality of Brexit since. The usual suspects in the UK are predictably outraged.
- Political involvement, cross-pressures, and multi-party identification in Germany – JEPOP journal publishes very cool article by my erstwhile PhD student @sabrinamayer