Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason. Germany’s Federal Office for ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as ...

Follow DW for more. Scholz praised Germany's imminent change of government as an "expression of democratic normality"Image: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

Outgoing Chancellor Scholz cautioned against any rushed decisions after Germany's intelligence service designated the AfD party as "right-wing extremist." https://p ...

Trump administration officials have condemned the move by Germany's domestic intelligence agency to designate the far-right AfD party an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic row between the ...

A remarkable exchange played out on X on Friday as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the government of key ally Germany of “tyranny in disguise” for designating the far-right ...

Germany's intelligence agency, BfV, has classified the AfD as an extremist group, enabling closer monitoring due to its anti-immigration stance and controversial rhetoric. The decision follows ...

Germany's decision to label AfD as a "proven right-wing extremist endeavor" makes it easier for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany's spy agency, to conduct some types ...

The German domestic intelligence service BfV on Friday classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist group, citing numerous instances of the party trying to "undermine ...

Forty-percent of respondents to an INSA survey were in favor of banning the far-right party. Meanwhile, Germany's incoming interior minister has vowed tighter border ...