Six candidates for Germany’s far-right AfD party have died in recent weeks ahead of local elections in the large western state of North Rhine Westphalia. Police have said there is no suggestion of ...
Since entering parliament in 2017, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has had to pay around €1.1 million ($1.28 million) for numerous violations of the Political Parties Act, according to the ...
A senior leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party met with officials in the Trump administration this week, according to reporting by Politico. Beatrix von Storch, deputy ...
BERLIN — Germany’s parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany party, and authorities subsequently searched his home and offices under ...
BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Support for Germany's far right surged in local elections in the country's most populous state on Sunday, sending a warning to conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz's four ...
In August and September 2025, posts online claimed that over the course of two weeks, several members of the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks ...
In municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was able to exploit the anger and frustration over the decades-long ...
BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took power was ...
Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe ...