AfD
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local elections, fended off by mainstream parties
The nationalist, anti-immigrant AfD siphoned off votes from Germany’s mainstream parties in the northwestern state, home to 8 million people. The election was seen as a test of the AfD’s recent surge
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
Will AfD’s historic win affect Holocaust remembrance in Germany? - analysis
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."
German city of Dresden declares 'Nazi emergency'
Dresden capital of the eastern state of Saxony has a long history of far-right extremism.
