Merz had been working to project strength and purpose but instead became mired in political intrigue and division.

Germany's foreign office says history shows that right-wing extremism "needs to be stopped", after criticism from the White ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency formally classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist movement, meaning authorities will have enhanced powers to monitor the party as a ...

When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...

Germany has received heavy criticism from the US administration, after its counter-intelligence wing classified the country’s right-wing party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) as extremist. US ...

The AfD's senior MP Beatrix von Storch argued on Friday that "every vote for the AfD is now also a vote in defence of our democracy". What just happened? The BfV on Friday designated the AfD as a ...

The session of Germany’s Bundestag started in a festive mood with greetings for dignitaries there to witness a peaceful ...

Beatrix von Storch, the party's deputy parliamentary leader, told the BBC's Newshour programme that the designation was "the way an authoritarian state, a dictatorship, would treat their parties".