Alternative for Germany

Alexander Gauland, a leader in Germany's right-wing AfD political party, leaves a news conference after discussing reports that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has deemed his entire party under suspicion of being a threat to the constitu

Germany Places Right-Wing Opposition Party Under Domestic Surveillance

11:46am March 03, 2021

by Bill Chappell

German investigators can now cultivate informants, tap phone calls and read emails as part of its inquiry. The Alternative for Germany party says the move is politically motivated.

Alternative for Germany leaders Björn Höcke (right) and Alexander Gauland celebrate their party's election results in Erfurt, Germany, in 2019, when voters in Thuringia elected a new state parliament. The AfD now has 88 members in Germany's federal parl

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Germany Expected To Put Right-Wing AfD Under Surveillance For Violating Constitution

5:04pm January 22, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has wrapped up a two-year investigation into the Alternative for Germany. The party's far-right branch is already under surveillance.

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Jörg Meuthen, co-federal leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, speaks at the party congress Nov. 28, in Kalkar, Germany. Meuthen criticized the party's right wing in his speech. The AfD held the two-day congress in person, as total

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How The Pandemic Dented The Popularity Of Germany's Far-Right AfD Party

11:23am December 29, 2020

by Simon Schütz

Many expected the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to continue growing stronger, but the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the far-right party's deep internal divisions.

Octavian Ursu of the German Christian Democrats won a runoff for mayor of the small town of Görlitz in the country's east, beating an opponent from the far-right Alternative for Germany.

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Germany's Far-Right Party Defeated In Closely Watched Mayoral Election

3:55am June 17, 2019

by Scott Neuman

A candidate from beleaguered Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union wins a convincing victory over the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the country's conservative east.

Meet The Jews Of The German Far Right

8:02am October 21, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

Fellow Jews in the country are baffled by a small Jewish faction within the Alternative for Germany, a party accused of racism and of downplaying the Nazis.

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Katrin Ebner-Steiner (center), regional leader of the Alternative for Germany, celebrates with party co-leader Alice Weidel (right) as election results roll in Sunday in Mamming, Germany.

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Merkel's Allies Falter In Regional Elections, As Rivals Gain On Left And Right

4:43pm October 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The German chancellor's center-right sister party has long been a juggernaut in Bavaria, but they didn't look like it Sunday.

Björn Höcke (center), a politician from the Alternative for Germany party, participates in a march in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, on Sept. 1, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man allegedly by migrants

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Germany's Far-Right AfD Party Now Polls Second

8:02am September 30, 2018

by Simon Schütz

It is the latest sign that many citizens are drawn to a populist movement that is reshaping politics in Germany by focusing debate squarely on immigration.