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Germany’s AfD Classified as an Extremist Movement
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency formally classified the Alternative for Germany as a right-wing extremist movement, ...
Germany's Merz says ban on far-right AfD won't solve problem
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...
AfD Tells Merz to Resign, Call New Election After He Loses Key Vote
Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz narrowly lost a vote in the Bundestag to become the next chancellor in an unexpected setback that plunges the country into political uncertainty. Shane ...
Germany Still Doesn’t Know What to Do With the Far-Right AfD
The party’s rise has created one political crisis. Any attempt to ban it would create another.
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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Berlin denies plans to suspend EU border laws after media reports
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Germany’s domestic intelligence agency backtracking on the 'extremist' label for AfD, Spain countering US tariffs with a €7.7 billion aid package, and so ...
Cotton asks Gabbard not to share intel with Germany that can be used against far-right party
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with ...
US Secretary of State Rubio says Germany is a 'tyranny in disguise' after AfD verdict
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting ...