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A Tricky Challenge for Germany’s New Government: a Far-Right Opposition
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...
City Journal3d
After Germany’s Elections, the AfD Could Still Have the Last Laugh
A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...
Intelligence agency classifies country's popular Alternative for Germany party as 'extremist'
Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for ...
Anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany sues after spy agency labels it an extremist party
The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party has sued the domestic intelligence service for classifying it as a ...
Germany's Merz says ban on far-right AfD won't solve problem
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...
Germany's new challenges 80 years after VE day: AfD, antisemitism, and new politics
The political climate in Germany is shifting as the AfD rises in power, raising concerns about the future of Holocaust memory ...
Cotton asks Gabbard not to share intel with Germany that can be used against far-right party
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with ...
The New York Sun3d
Friedrich Merz, After Acceding to Chancellor of Germany on a Second Vote, Has To Deal With Resurgent Right
His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...