They cannot level such serious accusations and then be opaque about the evidence. We see this as a significant breach of the ...

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

The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has described the country's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a ...

Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has officially designated the country's main opposition party a right-wing extremist ...

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Tuesday said a recent intelligence assessment classifying the Alternative for ...

Far-right AfD party leader Alice Weidel, at the AfD party headquarters after the German national election, in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. MICHAEL PROBST / AP Germany's domestic ...

AfD's co-leader Alice Weidel said her party is "ready for the responsibility of government" after Friedrich Merz initially fell six votes short of being named chancellor—Germany's leader—in a ...

Germany's foreign office says history shows that right-wing extremism "needs to be stopped", after criticism from the White House.

The classification will help authorities seek greater powers to monitor the party with phone taps and undercover agents, and has fueled fresh calls for an outright ban on the AfD. The party's ...

Leader of right-wing AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. (AP Photo/Michael Probst ...

BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy ...