The Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is shunned in federal politics but is a regional force. This fall, it could win ...

In the state election in Baden-Württemberg, the far-right AfD almost doubled its result to just under 19%. However, given the numerous crises within the party, the celebrations remain subdued.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) will seek power in next year's state elections. Civil society groups are alarmed, as are security services, which have found that some of its factions represent ...

Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to lead Germany's far-right AfD into Sunday's elections, where it scored its best-ever result. To her legions of political foes, Weidel serves as a "fig leaf" for a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has criticized cooperation in the European Parliament between conservative lawmakers and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on migration legislation. "We ...

Growing far-right support is straining the relationship between the union and its members. About 38 per cent of workers voted ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The recent electoral surge of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which secured 20.8 percent in February's snap election and ...

The leader of the European People's Party, a major centre-right political group in the European Parliament, distanced himself from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after revelations ...

“If we don’t vanquish the current financial capitalism, we will run this wonderful planet into the ground” – this quote comes from the Thuringian AfD leader Björn Höcke. “We are not on the side of the ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

A German court has rightly blocked the country’s domestic intelligence service from continuing to brand the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) party a “right-wing extremist” ...