The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

Germany’s self-proclaimed democracy defenders are at it again: blocking a law-abiding party from exercising its rights—all in the name of protecting democracy. The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a ...

From AfD to Reform UK: The far right and European politics Deutsche Welle / May 19, 2025, 15:35 IST Germany's intelligence agency labeled the AfD as extremist, sparking a ban debate.

Germany’s far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution last week designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance of the party.

The extremist classification allows the spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD.

AfD sues over ‘extremist’ classification; Germany rejects US criticism ‘We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,’ Germany’s foreign ministry says.

Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for close surveillance of the group.

Rubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremist Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised Germany to “reverse course” following the domestic ...

Germany is free to step up state surveillance of Alternative for Germany (AfD) politicians after the party was classified as having “guaranteed right-wing extremist intentions” by the country ...