Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist” organization.

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”.

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won Germany's national election.

Alternative for Germany has surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in the national election and became the strongest political force in parts of the country.

Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right party, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party’s message ahead of an upcoming national election.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.”.

Projections show the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time in the country’s east, and at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote.

The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany.

As the far-right Alternative for Germany gains more power in eastern Germany, companies there find it increasingly hard to attract the skilled foreign workers they desperately need.

Projections show that Germany’s unpopular governing parties sank to feeble results and the far-right Alternative for Germany made gains in Sunday’s vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition was the country’s strongest political force by a distance.

A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time.

A court in Germany has ruled that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine.

One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has said at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.”.

German authorities say a man who works for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.

One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has gone on trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan.

At least 150,000 people gathered in front of the German national parliament in Berlin Saturday afternoon to protest against the far right, the latest in a string of large weekend demonstrations across Germany.

German police say safety concerns caused a protest against the far right in the city of Munich Sunday afternoon to end early, after approximately 100,000 people showed up.

Projections show Germany’s center-right opposition winning two state elections at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, and a far-right party that has been riding high in national polls making gains.

The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right Alternative of Germany in a rural eastern region recently has led to concern among opponents of the party.

Migration is a side issue in this year’s German election campaign, but that hasn’t stopped the country’s biggest far-right party from trying to play it up.

Voters in Saxony-Anhalt are going to the polls to elect a new state assembly in what is seen as the last big test for Germany’s political parties before a national election in September.

BERLIN – The far-right Alternative for Germany party has fired a prominent official following reports that he made comments suggesting that migrants could be killed. The meeting was secretly filmed by broadcaster ProSieben for a documentary to be aired Monday about Germany's far right. The speaker's face wasn't shown in the footage but weekly Die Zeit reported that it was Lueth. AfD has come under heightened scrutiny from Germany's domestic intelligence agency amid concern that some factions are flirting with extremism, a charge the party denies. Last week, the party's caucuses in two northern state assemblies split amid infighting between members.

BERLIN A prominent regional leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany on Friday won a court injunction against his expulsion from the party. Kalbitz vowed to fight the decision, which is hotly disputed inside the party. The Berlin state court ruled that the cancelation of Kalbitz's membership was inadmissible, news agency dpa reported. That means Kalbitz can continue to exercise his rights as a party member and a member of its national leadership until an AfD arbitration committee rules on the matter. Much of AfD's branch in Brandenburg is standing behind Kalbitz, one of the leading figures on the party's right wing.

The far-right AfD party has doubled its share of votes in state elections in eastern Germany's Thuringia, led by controversial figure Bjrn Hcke. Centrist parties -- including Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU -- were bumped into third place after the left-wing Die Linke and far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged ahead. Even within his own party, Hcke has faced criticism for his radical views, Klautke added. chant, meaning "We are the people!," during campaigning in several east German state elections this year. "I think that is part of the success of Die Linke in some respects," he added.