AfD (Alternative for Germany)

The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.

By Jason Cowley

Gaza, free speech and the ascendant far right were unavoidable themes at the 75th Berlinale.

By Tanjil Rashid

High-turnout elections used to neutralise the far right. This weekend challenged that assumption.

By Ben Walker

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

By Nicholas Harris

The far-right party is already reshaping Germany.

By Hans Kundnani

The AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.

By Annette Dittert

New polling from YouGov puts the Social Democrats in third place, behind Alternative for Germany.

By Ben Walker

Moderate conservatives have allowed themselves to be marginalised by their populist rivals.

By New Statesman

The AfD’s first regional electoral victory is part of a wave sweeping the whole of Europe.

By David Broder

By rejecting the AfD and embracing Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Marine Le Pen has performed a political masterstroke.

By Wolfgang Münchau

How the German far right could end up in government.

By Wolfgang Münchau

Economic and social marginalisation is pushing voters towards the AfD.

By Wolfgang Münchau

The international media has often given the nationalist-nativist AfD too much credit and almost never too little.

By Jeremy Cliffe

In early August, as campaigning for this week’s elections in the German state of Brandenburg intensified, a campaign poster began…

By Sumi Somaskanda

The party's entry into the Bundestag is a shock for Germany, but bigger challenges lie ahead.

By Daniel Hough