AfD Alternative for Germany

Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

July 10, 2019, 7:40 am

Iraqi man faces verdict in trial for rape, murder of Jewish teen in Germany

Suspect faces a likely sentence of life in prison if found guilty of assault and killing of 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman in Wiesbaden, in case seized upon by far right

By AFP

Brawl breaks out at Holon water park, June 9 2019 (Screen grab via Channel 12 news)

July 5, 2019, 8:55 am

German far-right party claims film of Israel brawl is migrant fight in Stuttgart

Nationalist, anti-immigration AfD tweets film using footage of disturbance at Holon water park while claiming it was migrants fighting at a swimming pool in Germany

By TOI staff

AfD supports walks along a party elections poster in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The far-right Alternative for Germany launches its European parliament election campaign in the eastern city of Erfurt.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

June 24, 2019, 4:37 am

Merkel’s party debates the unthinkable — power sharing with the far-right

As power shifts, some CDU politicians push for tie-ups with AfD on a regional level, while others look at ways to ban any attempt to cooperate with anti-migrant party

By Ryland James

In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

June 20, 2019, 1:15 pm

Germany: Official’s murder by right-wing extremist suspect is ‘attack on us all’

Interior minister says killing of Walter Luebcke, who strongly supported welcoming refugees, allegedly by man with history of violent hate crimes, is ‘alarm signal’

By Frank Jordans

Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party top candidate in Goerlitz Sebastian Wippel reacts after the first results in the local election round two in Goerliz, eastern Germany, on June 16, 2019. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/AFP)

June 17, 2019, 10:55 am

Far-right candidate loses German election after filmmakers weigh in

Actors, directors urged against AfD’s Sebastian Wippel as mayor of Goerlitz, location for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’

By Agencies

Hezbollah supporters take part in a rally to mark al-Quds day in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

June 4, 2019, 3:43 pm

German parliament to debate banning Hezbollah in its entirety

Country ‘should not be offering a safe haven’ to Iran-backed terror group, says author of nonbinding resolution proposed by far-right AfD party

By Raphael Ahren

In this Monday, April 29, 2019 photo, an election campaign poster of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party displayed next to a road in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

May 25, 2019, 4:31 am

Pro-Israel group defends German far-right party’s anti-Muslim campaign poster

Essay published by Middle East Forum claims AfD’s use of 19th-century painting depicting Muslim slave traders bargaining over naked white woman ‘echoes reality’

By Ben Sales

Participants gather for a group photo during the annual meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Council of Europe in Helsinki on May 17, 2019. Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP)

May 24, 2019, 9:29 am

Council of Europe assembly rejects far-right political grouping

Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly refuses to recognize nationalist alliance of lawmakers from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy

By AFP

A man reads an AfD website on his mobile phone in Gera, Germany, Friday, May 17, 2019 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

May 18, 2019, 1:04 pm

German far-right dominates digital campaign for EU election

AfD is skirting a traditional media campaign to focus on a provocative social media effort, but its potential to rise significantly in the vote is doubted

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Leader of the French National Front Marine Le Pen, left, and Far-right top candidate of the National Rally party Jordan Bardella attend a press conference before a rally with right-wing EU leaders in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

May 18, 2019, 1:04 pm

France’s Le Pen predicts historic vote for populist parties

As leaders of several European nationalist factions rally in Milan, Italy’s Salvini rejects ‘far-right’ label

By AP

People hold flags during a demonstration by Germany's nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) on May Day in Erfurt, central Germany, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

May 18, 2019, 4:46 am

As rowdy German parliament okays landmark anti-BDS law, far-right AfD wants more

Anti-immigration party, shunned by German Jewish community leaders, calls itself ‘Israel’s one true friend in parliament’ as it pushes for stronger legislation

By Yaakov Schwartz

Lawmakers attend a polling at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 17, 2019. German lawmakers have approved a resolution denouncing the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement against Israel and describing its methods as anti-Semitic. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)

May 17, 2019, 6:23 pm

Germany denounces BDS as ‘anti-Semitic,’ reminiscent of Nazi-era boycotts

Motion passed in parliament vows not to financially support any projects that call for a boycott of Israel; Israel urges other European countries to follow Berlin

By Raphael Ahren and AP

In this April 26, 2019 file photo, far-right Vox party supporters attend an election campaign event in Madrid, Spain (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

May 16, 2019, 4:19 pm

Europe’s far-right is wooing the young with anti-migration, Euroskeptic message

Several of this year’s far-right candidates in the continent-wide European Elections are well under 30 — as are some of their most ardent supporters

By Lori Hinnant

Member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party, Bernd Baumann, the first AfD speaker in Parliament, delivers his speech during the first session of the newly elected parliament on October 24, 2017, at the Bundestag (or lower house of parliament) in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)

May 16, 2019, 2:39 pm

German parliament to denounce boycott movement as ‘anti-Semitic’

Controversy abounds ahead of Friday’s Bundestag debate on 3 anti-BDS resolutions: one backed by 4 mainstream parties, one by the far-right, and one by the far-left

By Raphael Ahren

In this June 17 2012 file picture a supporter of the National Democratic Party, NPD attends a rally in Berlin (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP,file)

May 16, 2019, 10:45 am

Court rules German public TV must air neo-Nazi campaign ad

National Party of Germany’s latest commercial asserts Germans are ‘victims almost daily’ due to ‘uncontrolled mass immigration’

By AFP