The AfD Is Now Germany’s Main Opposition Party. Here’s What to Expect
When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a political force that has moved steadily to the extreme right since it was founded ...
Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
She has two children with a Sri Lankan-born woman, speaks Chinese and previously worked at global financial institutions — an ...
Germany’s far-right seeks to convert the power of Trump into election gains
Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of ...
Fact Check: Leipzig ballot papers excluding AfD candidate are fakes, say officials
German postal voting slips shown in online videos to have omitted the far-right candidate in a Leipzig constituency are fake, ...
We don’t want a pro-Russia Germany: Why AfD is a danger to the global order
Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a ...
Germany's AfD: Merz breaking election promises, bowing to SPD
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...
Opinion
Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future
Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...
Just 1 voter backed AfD in Germany’s smallest town
In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as ...
DU Clarion11d
German election results reflect divides as more voters move to the right
Overall, the political shifts in Germany reflect a desire for change in a country that hasn’t been this politically engaged ...