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

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

Germany's domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called a partial victory for its challenge ...

Continue reading AfD party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla called the upgraded classification a “severe blow to German democracy” and said the party was being publicly discredited and ...

AfD party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla denounced the decision in a joint statement, calling it “defamatory” and a “severe blow to German democracy.” “The AfD, as an opposition ...

Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla give a statement in Berlin, Germany. March 12, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen) A German court said on ...

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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 ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, the party co-leader said after conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to ...

as she and AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla (not pictured) give a statement, in Berlin, Germany, March 12, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen) Germany's domestic spy agency BfV will ...