Both the AfD and President Donald Trump directly challenge the longevity of that old European order. Trump’s return to the White House has discombobulated Merz and the entire Berlin establishment.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told their supporters in Nuremberg their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at ...

They also denounced the AfD’s anti-immigration, pro-nationalism platform as akin to Nazism. The government’s efforts to win back public support from the AfD through good governance never ...

People hold up their cell phones as they protest the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the parliament building in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 21, 2024.

The anti-AfD rallies took place in some 60 towns following calls from a variety of organisations, attracting more people than the police had initially expected.

In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as the far-right, anti-immigrant party's saw historic gains elsewhere in the ...

The anti-AfD rallies took place in some 60 towns following calls from a variety of organisations, attracting more people than the police had initially expected.