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AfD nears first far-right victory in Germany since World War II as Saxony-Anhalt votes

The vote is seen as a barometer for the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has attempted to chip away at the AfD's popularity by taking a tougher line on migration and security.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026|ByREUTERS

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Ulrich Siegmund, stands at the polling station after voting in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, in Tangermuende, Germany, September 6, 2026.

Maximilian Krah, Alternative for Germany (AfD) party member and member of the European Parliament of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, speaks during the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

German intelligence flags rise in AfD's right-wing extremist potential

The AfD rejects the accusations that its views are extremist and has said the intelligence service's assessments are politically motivated.

JUNE 30, 2026|ByREUTERS

Board of the newly AfD's youth organisation pose at the founding of Alternative for Germany's (AfD) new youth organisation "Generation Deutschland" in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025.

AfD speaker gives Hitler-like speech at Generation Germany event

Some suspect Alexander Eichwald may have been pulling a stunt by delivering the controversial speech.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, ELI LEON

Spain's King Felipe welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a ceremony at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2025.

Steinmeier becomes first German head of state to visit Guernica since 1937 Nazi bombing

The German president laid a wreath at a cemetery housing a mausoleum built in 1973 for hundreds of victims of the bombings.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025|ByREUTERS

German AfD party condemns member for calling Hitler attacker a traitor

Leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) condemned a party member on Thursday for branding a German officer who tried to kill Adolf Hitler a traitor.

AUGUST 2, 2018ByREUTERS

King Victor Emanuel III, (R) Adolf Hitler (C) and Benito Mussolini (L) watch fascist troops march past from a balcony in central Rome in this 1941 television file footage.

AFD chief rebuked for playing down Nazis in German history

Alexander Gauland compared Hitler and the Nazis to no more than "bird shit" in Germany's history.

JUNE 2, 2018ByREUTERS

Demonstrators protest against the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) after German general election

Germany's AfD confirms politicians exchanged antisemitic, racist texts in group chat

The party has reportedly disciplined the members involved in the WhatsApp group.

MAY 18, 2018ByREUTERS

Germany's AfD decides not to expel critic of Holocaust memorial

Bjoern Hoecke criticized the memorial in Berlin to victims of the Nazi Holocaust as a "monument of shame."

MAY 9, 2018ByREUTERS

Bjoern Hoecke of the right-wing Alternative for Germany stands outside the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany

Former Mossad agent praises German nationalist ultra-right party AfD

"The AfD is a great hope for many people, not only in Germany but also for us in Israel and in many Western countries."

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD

Alexander Gauland, top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 25, 2017.

German far-right politician converts to Islam

Arthur Wagner quit his AfD leadership post in the eastern state of Brandenburg.

JANUARY 24, 2018ByREUTERS

An Imam performs Friday prayers on Skalitzer Strasse (street) in Berlin September 19, 2014.

German police accuse AfD lawmaker of incitement over anti-Muslim tweet

Social media platforms face hefty fines in Germany if they fail to remove hateful postings swiftly, and companies like Facebook and Twitter have hired extra staff to monitor such messages.

JANUARY 2, 2018ByREUTERS