The announcement on Friday, May 2, by the Bundesverfassungsschutz (BfV), Germany's domestic intelligence agency, means that the entire Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is considered ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Correspondent Rob Schmitz discuss Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at to the Munich Security Conference.

The SPD was once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. Now the Social Democrats are ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A man stands in front of the logo at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German ...

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.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist." ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative and center-left parties reached a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of negotiations, paving the way for new leadership in Europe’s biggest ...

AfD national chairwoman Alice Weidel speaks at her party's national convention in Riesa, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP) (CN) — Alternative for Germany, a far-right ...