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

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

The poll put the AfD on 26% and the Christian democratic CDU/CSU on 25%. This is just one opinion poll, but since February’s early federal election, the direction of travel has been clear. Governments ...

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 ...