Germany designates radical wing of far-right AfD as 'extremist entity'
Germany will step up surveillance of a radical wing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after the domestic intelligence agency designated it as an extremist entity that threatens democracy. Thursday's decision by the BfV intelligence agency to increase monitoring of "Der Fluegel"— The ...
Merkel coalition catches a break as it stems advance of far-right populists
Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition caught a breather Sunday as its main parties stemmed a surge by Germany's far-right populists in two elections in the former communist east. The euroskeptic, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD),trailed the incumbent Social Democrats by about 4 percentage points in ...
Anti-immigrant AfD lawmakers walk out on Holocaust survivor's speech in Bavaria legislature
Lawmakers from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) walked out of the Bavarian parliament on Wednesday after a Jewish community leader accused the party during a speech to commemorate the Holocaust of playing down Nazi crimes. "A party is represented here today that disparages those ...
German spy agency to launch anti-extremism probe into far-right opposition party AfD
Germany's domestic spy agency will investigate Alternative for Germany (AfD) to see whether the anti-immigrant party's policies breach constitutional safeguards against extremism, its chief said on Tuesday. The BfV has classified Germany's main opposition party as a "case to investigate," domestic intelligence chief Thomas Haldenwang ...
Around 25,000 people braved the rain in Munich on Sunday to protest the hard-line immigration stance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies three months before they face a tough state election in Bavaria. The protest is another sign of the Christian Social Union's (CSU) waning ...
