A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

“What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes ...

Demonstrators in Efert in Thuringia, in the former East Germany, mount a counter-protest at a AfD election rally a day before September 1 elections for the state parliament. The sign accuses the ...

political party wave German flags at the final AfD campaign rally ahead of tomorrow's Thuringia state elections, on August 31, 2024, in Erfurt, Germany. 33,623 people played the daily Crossword ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which finished second in the most recent election, demanded fresh elections after Merz's loss, the first time in German history that a chancellor ...

Though the AfD finished second in elections in February, with 20.8 percent of the vote, Mr. Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Party joined other mainstream parties in a pledge to shun ...

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 ...

The AfD won a record number of seats in the national election in February, coming in second behind Merz's conservatives, which in theory entitled it to chair several key parliamentary committees.

Weidel told reporters soon thereafter that "Merz should step aside and the way should be cleared for a general election." The AfD is the biggest opposition party after coming second behind Merz's ...

The anti-immigration AfD has come from nowhere to make major electoral gains in recent months with big wins in the former East German states of Thuringia and Saxony in regional elections in ...