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# afd - Thursday 6 February, 2020
German state premier quits after far right voting pact sees him elected
Angela Merkel called yesterday’s vote “a bad day for democracy” .
# afd - Monday 28 October, 2019
Far-right party makes major gains in German state election
Bjoern Hoecke previously labelled Berlin’s Holocaust memorial a “monument of shame”.
# afd - Monday 1 April, 2019
Jacob Rees-Mogg defends sharing video of German far-right leader's speech
The Tory MP said it was not an endorsement, he was simply “pointing out something interesting which is worth watching”.
# afd - Monday 25 September, 2017
Co-leader of far-right party quits just hours after German election breakthrough
Citing “dissent” with more hardline colleagues, Petry dropped her bombshell at a morning party press conference.
'Stop the Nazis': Protests in Germany as far-right party secures 13% of national vote
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder described AfD’s success as “abhorrent”.
# afd - Sunday 24 September, 2017
Angela Merkel will lead Germany once more but the far-right delivers strong third place
Election exit polls show Merkel on course for a fourth term.
# afd - Wednesday 21 December, 2016
Far-right leader says Germany 'has to close its borders'
Frauke Petry, who leads the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has hit out at Angela Merkel.
# afd - Sunday 18 September, 2016
Angela Merkel's party suffers bruising loss in Berlin elections as far-right party gains
Merkel is facing anger from German citizens over her open-door refugee policy.
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Poll: Have you been reading more books than usual lately?
WHILE BOOKSHOPS AROUND the country have had to shut their doors in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, many operators have turned their focus to online sales.
A huge demand for reading materials from stuck-at-home bookworms and stressed parents has given shops a lifeline.
Some independent bookstores in Ireland have been online for years, but others have had to develop websites in recent months as they closed up their stores.
TheJournal.ie spoke to some bookshop owners about how they have been managing and all noted that they were blown away by the demand for online orders during the shutdown.
So, today we want to know: Have you been reading more books that usual lately?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've been reading more (3750)
No, I've been reading at my usual pace (2670)
No, I don't read books (1462)
Not sure / no opinion (103)
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