The co-chief of Germany's far-right AfD Jörg Meuthen said on Monday that he would not seek to continue as head of the eurosceptic and islamophobic party.
Germans were heading to the polls in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran
chancellor.
Best known as an anti-migrant
party, Germany's far-right AfD has seized on the coronavirus pandemic to court a new type of voter ahead of regional elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday: anti-shutdown activists.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday chose a hardline duo over a more moderate alternative to lead it into September's
election, the first in 16 years not to feature Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany's far-right AfD party vowed to campaign for an end to coronavirus restrictions, a tougher line on migration and an exit from the EU as it finalised its election manifesto on Sunday.
The far-right AfD will firm up its election manifesto this weekend as Germany prepares for the post-Merkel era, with the
party seeking to reverse a lag in support amid infighting and an ailing effort to capitalise on the pandemic.
Germany has placed the far-right AfD under surveillance for posing a threat to democracy, local media reported Wednesday, dealing a blow to the anti-immigration party in a big election year.
Germany's domestic security agency is on the
verge of announcing whether the far-right AfD will be placed under
surveillance for posing a threat to democracy, dealing a potential blow to the anti-immigration party in a key election year.
As Germany battles a second wave of Covid-19, a pattern has begun to emerge: Many of the hardest-hit places are those with strong support for the far right. Is this a coincidence, or is something else happening?
At its first in-person meeting in months, the AfD attempted to put on a show of unity on Saturday after internal power struggles threatened to split the party in recent weeks.
A Berlin court has accepted an appeal made by far-right politician Andreas Kalbitz against the Alternative for Germany’s decision to annul his party membership.
Germany's far-right AfD party on Tuesday won a case against the country's Interior Minister for flouting neutrality rules by publishing sharp criticism of the anti-immigration group on his ministry's website.
A long simmering row between the leaders of Germany's far-right AfD party and its radical fringe has boiled over, sapping their strength as Chancellor Angela Merkel climbs in the polls.
Germany's far-right AfD party is considering a split with its radical Flügel faction to create two separate parties, according to party co-leader Jörg Meuthen.
Germany's far-right AfD party has decided to wind down its radical "FlĂĽgel" (The Wing) faction, a spokesman told AFP on
Friday, after intelligence services placed the group under surveillance.
Far-right terrorism and extremism are the
"biggest danger" facing democracy in Germany today, the president of the
German domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday, after the country was hit by several extremist attacks in recent months.
Politicians in the eastern German state of Thuringia re-elected a former state premier Wednesday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party sitting out the vote after a first try sank it into a deep crisis.
Lawmakers in the eastern German state of Thuringia will try again to elect a new state premier Wednesday, re-running a vote that sank Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party into what has been described as the biggest crisis in its history.
Germany's far-right AfD party will return to Hamburg's state parliament by the skin of its teeth, official results showed, after exit polls from weekend elections suggested it would crash out.
Voters in German city-state Hamburg punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis-racked conservatives and ejected the far right from parliament in a regional election Sunday, according to an exit poll.
The city of Erfurt, a quiet, chocolate-box town of around 200,000 inhabitants, is an unlikely epicentre for an earthquake
that is shaking German politics to its post-war foundations.
Despite attempts to constrain the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), almost every second German (48 percent) expects the party to be involved in a state or even federal government within the next ten years.
After the CDU leader's shocking announced departure following the Thuringia vote debacle, we look at where the party goes from here, what it means for Merkel and if it will ever team up with the far-right.
The new premier of Thuringia has stepped down after he was elected with the help of far-right AfD lawmakers in a vote Angela Merkel called "unforgivable". Here's why this is Germany's latest political crisis.
