Shortly before Christmas, members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) received an invitation to an elite global gathering.

The AfD has grown from its original heartland in the former German Democratic Republic to become an increasingly significant force in German national politics, and holds 151 of the 630 seats in ...

BERLIN — In an address to commemorate Kristallnacht — the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier last month offered a solution for the resurgence of right-wing ...

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 ...

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, ...

(Bloomberg) -- When Elon Musk posted on X in 2024 that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a political force that has moved steadily to the far right since it was ...

Germany can ban extremist political parties. Should it? Today, a deep dive into Germany’s heated debate over whether to ban the country’s far-right party. Germany can ban extremist political parties.

Journalists in Germany are facing growing threats as political polarisation, disinformation and hostility toward the media ...

The parties that have dominated European politics for decades are collapsing. Does the same fate await the Democrats and the ...