Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office ...

BERLIN — Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz won on Tuesday a nail-biter second vote in parliament to become chancellor after he lost the first round in a stunning early setback.

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

The AfD came second in federal ... Since the war, the constitutional court has banned only two parties, both in the 1950s. The Christian Democrat state premier of Schleswig-Holstein in northern ...

Several lawmakers from across the political spectrum have been working to get enough support for a ban of the AfD party. The ...

Outgoing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that the AfD in its rhetoric "treats citizens with a migration background as second-class ... the CDU state premier of Schleswig-Holstein, Daniel ...

Stefan Seidler, the lone member of the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW ... Germany banning a political party during the post-war era. The German communist party (KPD) was banned in ...

The commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II are taking place in the midst of the return of ...