Alternative for Germany (AfD)

Anti right-wing activists protest against an AfD event in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Christian Mang
Europe

Germans start voting, polls suggest shift to right

Merz's CDU/CSU bloc has consistently led polls but is unlikely to win a majority given Germany's fragmented political landscape, forcing it to sound out coalition partners

Alternative for Germany party co-leader Alice Weidel addresses supporters an AfD election campaign rally in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, February 1, 2025. PhotoL REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Europe

Germany's far-right AfD is shut out from power for now, but waiting in the wings

Elon Musk makes a digital appearance at a rally for the German far-right party, AFD. Screengrab: AFP
Europe

Germany's far-right AfD basks in spotlight of Musk support

US Vice President JD Vance participates in a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Europe

Vance attack on Europe overshadows Ukraine talks at security conference

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks on-screen during a central election campaign event of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in Halle (Saale), Germany, January 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karina Hessland
Europe

Elon Musk appears on video at German far right campaign event

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), speaks at a press conference, on the day she is expected to be announced as officially nominated candidate for Chancellor for the upcoming general elections, in Berlin, Germany December 7, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
World+Biz

Musk to host German far-right leader on X, stirs angst about election meddling

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk sits as US President-elect Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Europe

Elon Musk wants weak Europe: Germany's vice chancellor

A person carries a placard as people gather on the day of a rally of Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), near the Magdeburg Cathedral, near the site of the deadly car-ramming attack at a Christmas market, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
Europe

Elon Musk backs AfD party in German newspaper opinion piece

Far-right demonstrators, Magdeburg, December 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Christian Mang
Europe

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site

While Donald Trump created history with his victory in US, Marine Le Pen and the National Rally Party positioned the far-right as a formidable force in France and the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) gained significant ground in recent elections in Germany. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Is liberalism dying around the world?

First Parliamentary Secretary of CDU party, Thorsten Frei speaks to media next to Interior Minister of state Hesse, Roman Poseck and domestic political spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Alexander Thom ahead of a meeting with the federal Interior Minister on border plans in Berlin, Germany, September 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Europe

Berlin makes proposals to reduce number of asylum seekers

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) speaks on stage during an election campaign rally for the Saxony state elections in Chemnitz, Germany, August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File photo
Europe

Germany's Scholz worried by far-right surge in regional elections

People gather at an election campaign rally of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of the Thuringia state elections, in Erfurt, Germany August 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karina Hessland
Europe

Far-right could win first state in two East German elections