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 ...

After its stunning success as a protest party, Germany’s far-right AfD or Alternative für Deutschland, has arrived at a ...

A handful of a f d politicians have been stripped of their jobs or pensions, but only after especially inflammatory ...

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on ...

A politician from the pro-Russian AfD party secretly fought as a volunteer on the side of Ukraine against Russia. He may be ...

The AfD party faction votes during the constituent session of the newly elected German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ...

The AfD have since banned the 47-year-old Krah, their leading candidate in next month’s European elections, from making public appearances.

The AfD is under state surveillance on suspicion of being anti-constitutional. In Thuringia, a court determined local party chief Bjoern Hoecke could be described as a fascist.

The AfD became the first party considered by many to be far-right to come out victorious in a state election in Germany since the World War II, when it won Brandenburg in September.