Protests organized by Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West) have never attracted more than a few thousand people after a photograph of its founder was released in which he was styled as Hitler. . The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which calls for a halt to..…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends session at Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's Parliament, on June 28. In this handout photo provided by German Government Press Office, Merkel meets calf during visit to Trede family dairy farm Nienborstel, Germany, on July 19.. ..…

(AP Photo/Michael Probst) . BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's governing parties lost significant support in a state election Sunday that was marked by discontent with infighting in Chancellor Angela Merkel's national government and prompted calls for her administration to get its act together..…