Alternative for Germany (AfD) party

Merz warns that Germany faces pressure from extremist parties, 'massive threat' from Russia

Speaking at a party conference of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Merz said the parties had the responsibility to push through economic reforms to reinforce Germany's social stability.

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German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader, Friedrich Merz, walks to attend a press conference, after the state elections, in Berlin, Germany, September 21, 2026.
THE LOGO of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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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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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Three members of the far-right German AfD party visit Yad Vashem

Israeli governments have boycotted the party and refused to hold ties with the AfD traditionally.

MAY 2, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

German spy agency classified youth group of far-right AfD as 'extremist'

The spy agency said that the Young Alternatives wanted a society that was as ethnoculturally homogeneous as possible.

APRIL 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

German lawmakers want security review after failed coup plot

Sebastian Hartmann: "The Bundestag should also review its security concept. Personally, I feel safe, but my confidence is not boundless."

DECEMBER 9, 2022ByREUTERS
Police secures the area after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group, that the interior ministry claimed posed a terrorist threat, were detained during raids across Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany December 7, 2022.

Far-right German politician danced on Holocaust memorial site in Berlin

Israel's ambassador to Germany condemned his actions and said he brought "shame upon his party."

OCTOBER 13, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE MASSIVE cemetery-like Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

What does the future hold for Germany and its Jews? - opinion

Many around the world and in Germany are wondering what a new government will bring.

NOVEMBER 28, 2021BySACHA STAWSKI
Leader of the Greens Annalena Baerbock speaks during a meeting after the presentation of the coalition deal of SPD, FDP and Greens parties, in Berlin, Germany November 25, 2021.

A Jewish male model is running for Germany’s parliament — on the far-right ticket

34-year-old Marcel Yaron Goldhammer, a dual German-Israeli citizen and a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, is running on the ticket of AfD, a right-wing populist party.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
The interior of the Reichstag, the German Parliament building

German far-right party put under surveillance first time since Nazi era

The Central Council of Jews in Germany welcomed the decision, saying: "The AfD's destructive politics undermine our democratic institutions and discredit democracy among citizens."

MARCH 4, 2021ByREUTERS
Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alexander Gauland raises his arm during a plenum session at the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany March 13, 2020

Rise in German antisemitism, extremism has Jews questioning their future

Several reports have shown that right-wing extremism has even seeped into the country’s police forces, including one elite squad that the government disbanded over its “toxic leadership.”

JANUARY 9, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.

Extremism on the rise in Germany, increasing threat of antisemitism

A German government office identified 32,080 right-wing extremists and 33,500 left-wing extremists in Germany in 2019.

JULY 12, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Attendee at Neo-Nazi concert, Themar, Germany, July 2017