The AfD party has updated the historical record of popularity at the federal level

The opposition right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has set a new historical record of popularity among German ...
World Socialist Web Site

How Germany’s Left Party paved the way for Friedrich Merz to become chancellor

Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz is congratulated by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag ...
CNN

Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right ...
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Germany's AfD receives millions in public funding

When the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) deplores the state of the country, it often also portrays itself as a victim: a victim of the intelligence agencies for investigating it for ...
The Atlantic

Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?

In the year leading up to Germany’s February elections, the far-right party Alternative for Germany was rising fast in the polls. It would ultimately increase its seats in the Bundestag from 76 to 152 ...
WTOP News

German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest

GIESSEN, Germany (AP) — A confident far-right Alternative for Germany set up its new youth organization on Saturday even as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen, where the ...
The New York Times

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 the polls. By Clay Risen Reporting from Berlin Ever since the German ...