Alternative for Germany (AfD) party

American, Russian officials meet on bringing US investor into Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany

The discussions included Kirill Dmitriev, a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, the people said.

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THE LOGO of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) and AfD's parliamentary group Alice Weidel speaks during a press conference on the occassion of a parliamentary group meeting ahead of the Bundestag sitting week in Berlin, Germany October 6, 2026.

AfD struggles to form government in Germany despite landmark election victory

Founded in 2013 as a eurosceptic movement, the AfD won over voters with an increasingly hardline opposition to immigration after around a million people fled to Germany in 2015.

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Demonstrators protest an AfD campaign event in Wietze, Lower Saxony, ahead of the local elections, Sept. 10, 2026.

German security agencies face dilemma after victories for far-right, far-left

The idea of systematic exclusion from information sharing underlines the gravity of the tensions between political parties and the security services.

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Roses are laid at Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) commemorating relatives of Israeli ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor, Elfriede, Berthold, Liselotte and Ulrich Proskauer during a Stolpersteine laying ceremony in Berlin on September 23, 2024.

German city votes to end Stolpersteine Holocaust memorial stones for Nazi victims

The motion was jointly submitted by representatives of the right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and AfD, together with representatives of the "Oberelbe Alliance for More Democracy."

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German parties form gov't that excludes AfD, far-right party that worries many Jews

AfD will not be part of Germany's government, despite coming in second during national elections earlier this year.

APRIL 9, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
ROBERT SESSELMANN of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a vote last Sunday to become a district leader, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls.

Germany’s political shift: Why the real threat isn’t the far Right – opinion

Voters in Germany are rejecting a left-wing movement that has lost its moral compass.

MARCH 2, 2025ByGREGORY LYAKHOV
Co-leader of The Left (Die Linke) party Heidi Reichinnek speaks to the media, next to the Leader of The Left Group in the Bundestag Soeren Pellmann, on the day of their parliamentary fraction meeting following the German general elections in Berlin, Germany, February 25, 2025.

Where will Merz take Germany after electoral victory? - analysis

For Merz, depending on the support of the AfD will be far too risky.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByELDAD BECK
German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.

Vance faces backlash in Munich for defending Germany’s far Right AfD - opinion

Vance had met on Friday with the leader of AfD, after endorsing the party as a political partner, a stance Berlin dismissed as 'unwelcome election interference.'

FEBRUARY 20, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
US VICE President JD Vance delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference last week. He took the opportunity to tell the audience that in a democratic society, no party should be ostracized. He also met with the leader of the AfD after endorsing the party as a political partner the writer notes

Russian-linked bots sow fear, distrust ahead of German vote, researchers find

Cyber experts warn that Russian bots are flooding social media with fake terror threats ahead of Germany’s election.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByREUTERS
People attend an election campaign event of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Heidenheim, Germany, February 9, 2025.

Friedrich Merz: The German leader trying to bury Angela Merkel’s legacy - analysis

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash and a major legislative defeat.

FEBRUARY 2, 2025ByELDAD BECK
German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2024.

'This is insane s***': Bill Gates denounces Elon Musk's interference in international politics

YouGov found that 73% of Germans and 69% of Brits surveyed found it unacceptable that Musk was trying to influence politics in their nation.

JANUARY 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
American businessman Bill Gates listens during the “Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment” event during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, November 2, 2021.

German AfD politicians meet militant neo-Nazis in Switzerland

An event near Zurich in mid-December at which two AfD politicians spoke was organized by the Swiss neo-Nazi group Junge Tat and attended by members of Blood & Honour.

DECEMBER 31, 2024ByNICHOLAS POTTER
Junge Tat

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

Vance seemed to back the flagship policy of a party that has unsettled Germany’s Jews.  

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

‘Only the AfD can save Germany’: Elon Musk endorses far-right German party

Since Musk bought the social network X, formerly Twitter, in 2022, his statements and associations with ideas and figures promoting antisemitic rhetoric have rattled Jewish communal watchdogs.

DECEMBER 20, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Elon Musk and the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) (illustrative).