The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right ...

Experts agree that banning registration of a political party would not prevent them running in state and federal elections.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist." ...

Germany rebuked Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he slammed the country’s intelligence agency for classifying the far-right political party Alternative for Germany a “proven-right wing extremist ...

Germany's biggest opposition political party, the nationalist and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has been designated "extremist" by the country's domestic intelligence agency. That ...

Co-leader Tino Chrupalla defends Putin and suggests Poland may threaten Germany, widening divisions at the top of the far-right party ...

Emerging in 2013 as a protest party, it capitalised on public frustration over migration, the eurozone crisis, and distrust in the political establishment. In recent years, it has gained significant ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is warning Syrian refugees to return to their country or else face deportation. The center-right leader said that following the end of the nation’s civil war, the ...

In March, when Donald Trump took fresh steps to align his administration with Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia, officials in Germany were not pleased. When the American president announced damaging ...