German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke leaves the courtroom at the end of a session of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi phrases, at the regional court in Halle, eastern Germany on May 3, 2024. Bjoern Hoecke, one of Germany's most controversial far-right politicians, went on trial on April 18, 2024 for using a banned Nazi slogan in the run-up to key regional elections that could see him crowned the country's first far-right state premier. He stands accused of using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power, during a 2021 campaign rally. The phrase is illegal in modern-day Germany, along with the Nazi salute and other slogans and symbols from that era. (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt / POOL / AFP)