The exact label of the AfD Party is itself a source of controversy. Left-wing critics openly accuse it of being a neo-Nazi group. The party has consistently rejected the “far-right” label ...

A man stands in front of the logo at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin ... as a right-wing extremist group means its officials can now use informants and other tools such as audio and video ...

A view of a stand with the words "Alternative for Germany" and the AfD logo. Christoph Reichwein/dpa 28,756 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

The Verfassungsschutz justified its decision to designate the AfD as an extremist group by claiming the party didn’t consider citizens of a “migration background from predominantly Muslim ...

Flags with the AfD logo can be seen on a table ... country's weapons law because the party has been deemed a suspected extremist group. Daniel Karmann/dpa 28,756 people played the daily Crossword ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could join the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament after ...

MUNICH — In the heart of what was once communist East Germany, a far-right group that for some has evoked ... the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, an anti-immigration, nationalist party which ...

Among them were AfD politicians Roger Beckamp and Lena ... But the balaclavas and Nazi imagery remained, with the group’s new logo featuring the Tyr rune used by both the SS and the Hitler ...

Photo: John Macdougall / AFP Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist group, handing authorities greater powers to monitor the party and ...

The statement cited the group’s anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant orientation. The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite ...