The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino ...

Thousands of protesters shouting “No to Nazis” gathered in the German town of Riesa, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ... in the eastern state of Saxony.

Thousands of people protested in the German town of Riesa, in the eastern state of Saxony, against a gathering of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Organizers counted 12,000 ...

The event marked the beginning of campaign season ahead of Germany’s elections next month. In Riesa, Saxony—a stronghold of AfD—a significant police presence was deployed. Officers cleared ...

(Jan Woitas/dpa via AP) Police clear a sit-in blockade at a demonstration against the AfD's national party conference Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Saxony, Riesa, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP ...

During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background ...

Discover how the AfD, Germany's right-wing populist party, with its hardline migration policies and controversial leadership under Alice Weidel, is shaping political discourse in Germany, particularly ...

A heavy police presence was in place in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, a stronghold of Alternative for Germany, or AfD — and officers cleared some protesters from the streets.