New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed skepticism regarding a potential ban on the far-right AfD, which was ...

Germany is wrongly targeting Alternative for Germany via its intelligence service. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also ...

Addressing the Bundestag, incoming Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt concentrated on two points: closing the borders to ...

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

Germany officially labeled the far-right Alternative für Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist group. This unprecedented decision was announced by the country’s domestic intelligence ...

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

After a slew of racist and dehumanising statements by members, Germany's domestic intelligence agency has finally classified ...

The designation is certain to inflame debates over whether the party should be banned, though some polls show it to be the ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency was on Friday waiting for judges to decide if they could go ahead with their plan to ...

AfD national chairwoman Alice Weidel speaks at her party's national convention in Riesa, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP) (CN) — Alternative for Germany, a far-right ...

“but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.” The post prompted a response from Germany’s foreign ministry, which said the decision was ...

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