Now that claim seems undeniable. Last week, the German domestic spy agency Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz declared the AfD an “extremist” organization, which makes it eligible for ...

Germany's intelligence agency labeled the AfD as extremist, sparking a ban debate. Across Europe, far-right parties vary in acceptance. Austria's FPÖ, with Nazi roots, has twice been in government.

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 ...

There's growing concern that German society is becoming increasingly polarized. The question of how to treat the AfD party threatens to further deepen the divide ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has said it will await a court ruling before moving forward with plans to classify the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a "right-wing ...

The announced pause comes after the party, known as AfD, filed a lawsuit in the western city of Cologne against the move by the intelligence service and the party's supporters alleged a ...

Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party wave German flags at the final AfD campaign rally ahead of tomorrow's Thuringia state elections, on August 31, 2024 ...

The BfV won't refer to the AfD as a "right-wing extremist movement" until the court ruleson an AfD motion to issue a temporary injunction. Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice ...

Now, following their disastrous performance in February’s federal elections, the Social Democrats may lose the room to the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which came in second and ...

AfD's leadership on Thursday welcomed the decision by the country's intelligence service BfV. Germany's domestic spy agency has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” made headlines by officially classifying the far-right Alternative für ...