Make no mistake: It is extremely dangerous to have an American vice president-elect and a core Trump adviser voice support for the AfD, therefore normalizing very extreme political positions.

Mainstream parties perform less well in the east, creating space for anti-establishment parties like the AfD and political entrepreneurs like Wagenknecht. Just days before the state elections ...

At the same time, the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) party has been gaining political ground and been accused of provoking violence, which it denies. In the new ...

His comments, came as the AfD launched ... on the hot-button AfD issues, such as immigration. Currently polling at roughly 21% would make the AfD the second largest political force in Germany ...

But then Adam Tooze, who does know something about German political economy, tells us that while the AfD talks a lot about “social distress” in lagging regions, this “does not translate into ...

Germany goes to the polls on Sunday and there are fears the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a political party partly designated as far-right extremists, could win nearly a quarter of the ...