Michael Heaver on MSN

germany's afd party extremist u-turns, and migration policy reversals

Germany faces political shifts as its intelligence agency reverses the extremist label for the AfD party, and immigration ...
The Forward on MSNOpinion

As Trump officials cozy up to Germany’s far right, everything alt is neu again

In the 1930s, American Nazis looked to Berlin for inspiration. The German-American Bund held torchlit rallies in New York, ...
NPR

Why Germany's Government Can Spy on a Political Party

Germany's biggest opposition political party, the nationalist and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has been designated "extremist" by the country's domestic intelligence agency. That ...

What will become of Sahra Wagenknecht's party?

German politician Sahra Wagenknecht will no longer play a role in leading the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a party founded in 2024 with several prominent former Left Party lawmakers.
The New York Times

Germany’s Far-Right Party May Be Banned. Its Voters Fear Being Left Voiceless.

Supporters of the Alternative for Germany say they might quit voting if the party is outlawed. Some opponents are against such a move, too. By Catherine Odom Catherine Odom reported from Pirna, ...
AOL

Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever

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 ...
The New York Times

The Far Right in Germany Wants to Soften Its Image, Not Its Policies

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on immigration and other issues. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze ...
New York Sun

EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Rightist ‘Alternative,’ as ‘Bombshell’ Poll Shows Its Strength, Tells the Sun Its Time To Rule Germany Is Coming

BERLIN — On a quiet and spotless street a 10-minute drive from the Bundestag, or German parliament, a senior leader of the German rightist party Alternative für Deutschland, Beatrix von Storch, tells ...

‘I see no threat from Russia’: Far-right AfD leader’s remark deepens party rift in Germany

Co-leader Tino Chrupalla defends Putin and suggests Poland may threaten Germany, widening divisions at the top of the far-right party ...
Colorado Politics

German chancellor ends asylum for Syrian refugees and warns of deportations

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is warning Syrian refugees to return to their country or else face deportation. The center-right leader said that following the end of the nation’s civil war, the ...