AfD
AfD struggles to form government in Germany despite landmark election victory
Founded in 2013 as a eurosceptic movement, the AfD won over voters with an increasingly hardline opposition to immigration after around a million people fled to Germany in 2015.
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local elections, fended off by mainstream parties
Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government
Germany’s far-right AfD, riding state win, targets more gains in elections from east to west
Berlin film festival bars far-right party criticized by Jews from gala opening event
The festival has dealt with sufficient turmoil since barring the group from one of the largest events of its kind worldwide.
Scholz evokes Nazi era as he urges Germans to reject far right
Hundreds of thousands of people protested across Germany against the AfD after a report that two senior party members had discussed plans for mass deportation of citizens with foreign backgrounds.
Germany bans neo-Nazi group with US roots, raids member homes
Far-right parties have gained ground across Europe but the rise of the AfD touches a particularly sensitive nerve in Germany because of the country's Nazi past.
Jewish intel chief: My family and I will leave Germany if far-right AfD gains power
Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.
German Jews express shock as far-right AfD party wins breakthrough vote
The party opposes economic sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine war and dispute that human activity is a cause of climate change.
German spy agency classified youth group of far-right AfD as 'extremist'
The spy agency said that the Young Alternatives wanted a society that was as ethnoculturally homogeneous as possible.
German far-right party put under surveillance first time since Nazi era
The Central Council of Jews in Germany welcomed the decision, saying: "The AfD's destructive politics undermine our democratic institutions and discredit democracy among citizens."
Yair Netanyahu is now a far-right German politician's poster boy
Netanyahu was criticizing a joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on Israel’s Memorial Day that was funded by the EU.
1 in 5 Germans think the Holocaust gets too much attention, surveys find
The surveys, released on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, come amid warnings.
Historic first: German parliamentarian ousted for antisemitism
AfD party leader Alexander Gauland heavily criticized Brander's dismissal, saying: "I don't know where the scandal is … This [dismissal] is an affront to democracy."
