Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.
‘The greatest challenge for new German coalition govt will be the Ukraine war. AfD is the real winner of this election’
Germany’s general elections saw the opposition CDU/CSU emerge as the largest party with Friedrich Merz tipped to be next ...
Germany's AfD party to challenge debt plans in court next week, paper reports
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the constitutional court next week over plans to raise ...
Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
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German coalition talks are a 'red carpet' for AfD, Wagenknecht says
The centre-right and centre-left parties seeking to hammer out a coalition deal following last month's parliamentary elections in Germany are merely paving the way for the far right, maverick populist ...
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Germany's AfD: Merz breaking election promises, bowing to SPD
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...
Opinion - Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future
Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...
Germany's Merz wants European nuclear weapons to boost US shield
The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...
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Germany’s AfD seeks talks with Le Pen on European defence
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) has proposed talks with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on European defence ...
Just 1 voter backed AfD in Germany’s smallest town
In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as ...
We don’t want a pro-Russia Germany: Why AfD is a danger to the global order
Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a ...
How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media
The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.