The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last Friday Germany should reverse course on branding the AfD as "extremist," while ...

Merz seemed on course to win with a majority of 13, but failed even to gain a simple majority of one, by six votes. The ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, ...

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Germany's far-right AfD went on the offensive Monday against its designation as a "right-wing extremist" party by the ...

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

Days before a new government was due to be sworn in, German authorities classified the country's populist, far-right ...

The designation is certain to inflame debates over whether the party should be banned, though some polls show it to be the ...

Marco Rubio called Germany's domestic spy agency's designation of the AfD party as extremist "tyranny in disguise." ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's new Chancellor, argues against banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), emphasizing the need to address underlying causes. The AfD, recently labeled as extremist ...

Germany’s main opposition party Alternative for Germany challenged a ruling by the nation’s domestic intelligence agency that ...