Photo: picture alliance/dpa/MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Years after being ousted from the AfD, former party leader Frauke Petry intends to launch a new political ...

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the country's domestic intelligence agency, BfV, after it designated the party as a “proven extremist group.” ...

The party known as AfD, which placed second in national elections in February, took action at an administrative court in Cologne, where the intelligence service has its headquarters. The decision ...

The extremist classification allows the spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD, for example, by recruiting informants and intercepting party communications. Far-right Alternative for Germany ...

found the biggest opposition party in parliament to be a racist and anti-Muslim organisation. Photo shows A woman standing behind a microphone pointing with one finger up. The AfD, which is the ...

Rubio lashed out on Friday following the decision by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency to classify the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD ... page report, pointing to breaches ...

The AfD was previously a "suspected" extremist group, but its status as an extremist party has now been confirmed, BfV said. The agency added that its decision Friday came after a three-year review.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned a decision Friday by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency to classify the political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist ...

The findings give the spy agency more leeway to monitor the party’s activities, including with the use of informants, and could lay the groundwork for a ban from government. AfD is expected to ...

The designation opens up the agency’s ability to surveil the populist anti-immigration party more thoroughly, among other legal consequences. Leader of right-wing AfD Alice Weidel waves a German ...

Tape calling for a ban of Germany's far-right Alernative für Deutschland (AfD) party is attached to a fence closing off a construction site in front of the Reichstag, which houses the Bundestag ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency formally classified the Alternative for Germany as a right-wing extremist movement, meaning authorities will have enhanced powers to monitor the party as a ...