A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

AfD's co-leader Alice Weidel said her party is "ready for the responsibility of government" after Friedrich Merz initially fell six votes short of being named chancellor—Germany's leader—in a ...

Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla give a statement in Berlin, Germany. March 12, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen) A German court said on ...

When Mr. Merz stumbled yesterday and became the first candidate chancellor since World War II to lose a Bundestag confirmation vote, all microphones swiveled to the AfD co-leader, Alice Weidel. The ...

“With our lawsuit, we are sending a clear signal against the abuse of state power to combat and exclude the opposition,” party co-leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel said, alleging an ...

"Merz is the first chancellor candidate to have failed in the first round," said a gleeful AfD leader Alice Weidel, calling for him to step down. "It shows you how weak this coalition of ...

Friedrich Merz has become Germany's new chancellor after winning a second vote in the country's parliament. He unexpectedly failed in the first parliamentary ballot on Tuesday morning - the first ...

Musk endorsed the AfD on X in December and hosted a 75-minute video conversation with the party's co-leader, Alice Weidel, on his social media platform. Weidel told journalists that Musk ...

But “for now everything is wide open,” he added. Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party, slammed Merz’s failure proof that his coalition has a ...

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel accused outgoing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of using the spy agency as a "secret justice system" to discriminate against the party. "We are a future governing party ...

BERLIN — The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party on Monday sued the domestic intelligence service for classifying it as a right-wing extremist organization, a decision that subjects ...