Alternative for Germany

German far-right lawmaker goes on trial charged with using Nazi slogan

Bjoern Hoecke, head of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, which holds an election in September, is part of the nationalist wing of the AfD.

 German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke looks on in the courtroom on the day of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi vocabulary during a speech in May 2021, at the regional court in the major city of Halle, Germany April 18, 2024.
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 CO-LEADERS OF the far-right German AfD party, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, attend a plenary session of the Bundestag, earlier this year.

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 Police secures the area after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group, that the interior ministry claimed posed a terrorist threat, were detained during raids across Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany December 7, 2022.

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Merkel fourth term in doubt as German coalition talks fail

Failure to form a government in Europe's largest economy could have implications for everything from euro zone reforms to relations with post-Brexit Britain.

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union CDU Angela Merkel votes in the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017.

Merkel to Netanyahu: Talks with Israel will be held when government forms

In a stab at the AfD, Netanyahu calls on Germany to strengthen elements owning up to responsibility for the past.

Israeli PM Netanyahu and German Chancellor Merkel address a news conference

Not the return of Nazi Germany, but a cause for concern

The passage of time and the frail human memory gradually diminish the impact of the Holocaust on arresting racist, xenophobic and antisemitic ideas and movements in Europe and elsewhere.

Demonstrators protest against the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) after German general election

Split emerges in German far right; co-leader storms out of news conference

Frauke Petry, who was long considered the AfD's most recognizable face, said she would take up her seat but would not be part of AfD's parliamentary group.

Frauke Petry, chairwoman of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) reacts during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 25, 2017.