Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office for the protection of the constitution. "The ethnicity- and ancestry-based ...

Delegates at the national convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday overwhelmingly reelected its leaders, including Alice Weidel, as tens of thousands of protesters aimed ...

Thousands protested against Germany's far-right AfD and blocked roads to its annual conference in the eastern city of Erfurt ...

One in five German voters put an X in the box for Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday: a record result that has made them the second biggest force in German politics. Riding on the back of that ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has launched a legal challenge against Germany’s domestic intelligence agency for designating the far-right party an “extremist” organisation. A spokesperson for the ...

The party has been growing in popularity and came second in February's general election. The country's domestic intelligence agency said on Friday that it was an extremist entity which threatens ...

The remarkable series of deaths in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, weeks before local council elections in Germany’s most populous state, has sparked chaos and widespread speculation ...

Far-right movements gaining popularity in many European countries are primarily anti-immigrant and anti-Islam. This study examines Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a far-right political party in ...