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Germany's far-right AfD lashes out at 'second choice' chancellor
The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has described the country's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a ...
Compendium of Extremism: A Look inside the Report Documenting the AfD's Right-Wing Radicalism
The AfD has issued threats of a "war against the government," complains of a "knife jihad" on German streets and demands that millions be "remigrated." DER SPIEGEL has looked inside the 1,108-page ...
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Germany classifies ‘right-wing extremist’ AfD as a danger to democracy — and high-ranking Trump officials jump to defend it
Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” ...
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Germany’s domestic intel agency backtracks on ‘extremist’ label for AfD
Just six days ago the intelligence service labelled the AfD as a right-wing extremist case, as the party was alleged to ...
A Tricky Challenge for Germany’s New Government: a Far-Right Opposition
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...
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After Germany’s Elections, the AfD Could Still Have the Last Laugh
A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...