The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

Germany’s self-proclaimed democracy defenders are at it again: blocking a law-abiding party from exercising its rights—all in the name of protecting democracy. The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a ...

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 ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution last week designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance of the party.

The extremist classification announced on Friday allows the spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD, for example by recruiting informants and intercepting party communications.

AfD sues over ‘extremist’ classification; Germany rejects US criticism ‘We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,’ Germany’s foreign ministry says.

Germany is free to step up state surveillance of Alternative for Germany (AfD) politicians after the party was classified as having “guaranteed right-wing extremist intentions” by the country ...

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason.

Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025 ...

Germany's spy agency has officially classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an "extremist" organisation. The party has been growing in popularity and came second in ...

The German domestic intelligence service BfV on Friday classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist group, citing numerous instances of the party trying to "undermine the ...