The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society ...

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

In his maiden speech as chancellor to Germany's Bundestag, Merz tried to position himself as a unifying centrist figure.

The party’s rise has created one political crisis. Any attempt to ban it would create another.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” ...

There's growing concern in Germany that society is becoming increasingly polarized. The question of how far right the AfD is ...

The designation is certain to inflame debates over whether the party should be banned, though some polls show it to be the ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with ...

Marco Rubio called Germany's domestic spy agency's designation of the AfD party as extremist "tyranny in disguise." ...

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said he was "very sceptical" about mounting calls to ban the far-right ...