Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election …
16 hours ago · Germany is headed for a national election seven months early. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier ordered the parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23. ... Polls show Scholz’s party trailing the conservative opposition Union bloc led by Friedrich Merz. ... The populist, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which is ...
Magdeburg attack offers AfD fertile ground despite suspect's …
4 days ago · The AfD has not commented on those posts. The party held a rally in Magdeburg later on Monday where co-leader Alice Weidel called for change "so we can finally live once again in security".
AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election …
Sep 2, 2024 · The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
Dec 20, 2024 · News that members of the AfD attended a secret meeting with the Austrian extreme-right provocateur Martin Sellner, who has admitted to once being a member of a neo-Nazi group and has called for ...
Germany's far-right AfD party nominates a candidate for …
Dec 7, 2024 · BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday presented its candidate for chancellor in the country’s upcoming election. In practice, Alice Weidel has no chance of taking the chancellery as other parties refuse to work with the populist party.
Germany’s far-right AfD to expel members over links to ‘militant ...
Nov 6, 2024 · The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party has said it will throw out three of its members who have been arrested on suspicion of having joined an “extremist” paramilitary...
AfD: Germans float ban on elected far-right party after scandal - BBC
Jan 20, 2024 · Germany is wrestling with a potentially explosive debate over whether to ban the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Germans have been shocked by revelations that senior figures...
Germany’s AfD party has gone too far, even for Europe’s far-right ...
May 26, 2024 · The AfD is under domestic surveillance for the threat it poses to Germany’s democracy and despite a recent dip is currently polling higher than each of the three parties in the coalition now...
Alternative for Germany (AfD) - BBC News
Sep 7, 2024 · AfD support continues to rise in Germany, driven by anger over immigration and weapons for Ukraine. The German Chancellor called the results of Sunday's state elections "worrying" and "bitter"....
AfD: Germans float ban on elected far-right party after scandal
Germany is wrestling with a potentially explosive debate over whether to ban the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Germans have been shocked by revelations that senior...