The AfD Is Now Germany’s Main Opposition Party. Here’s What to Expect
When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a political force that has moved steadily to the extreme right since it was founded ...
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Germany's far-right AfD is shut out from power for now, but waiting in the wings
Morphing into an anti-migration party after former conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to take in a large wave of refugees in 2015, the AfD entered the national parliament in 2017, ...
Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the ...
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I’m a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD’s triumph is only the beginning
For the first time in post-war Germany, a far-right party has received the second largest number of seats in the German parliament. Devastating? Yes. A surprise? Unfortunately, no. For years when I ...
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How Germany’s Extreme Center Fueled AfD’s Success
According to the preliminary results of the Bundestag, or parliamentary, elections, the extreme right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the second-strongest force in Germany. It now ...
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Germany's secret pandemic report: Merkel and China respond
According to media reports, the German foreign intelligence service, the BND, suspected as early as 2020 that the Covid-19 ...
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Berlin’s Anti-AfD ‘Firewall’ Will Collapse
Now retired from politics, Merkel is a scorched-earth, never-AfD hardliner because in her heart she is not really a conservative. Merkel maneuvered behind the scenes to peel off some CDU lawmakers ...
German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges, exit polls show
Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its best ever result.
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Far-right AfD seeks to harness Trump power as divided Germany braces for pivotal election
The AfD’s popularity across the country has been driven by concerns ... in which he called for a “large-scale remigration project” to reverse the effects of former chancellor Angela Merkel opening up ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
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Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party
In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote in ...
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How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media
The AfD’s online campaign leveraged its status as a troublesome upstart, founded in 2013 to oppose the economic policies of former Chancellor Angela Merkel. It has opened up new classes of ...