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Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was founded in 2013 by economists and conservatives who opposed euro-zone bailouts, before pivoting decisively toward migration restriction and populist nationalism after 2015. In the February 2025 German federal elections it became Germany's second-largest party with around twenty percent of the vote. AfD forms the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group in the European Parliament, having been expelled from the Identity and Democracy group in 2024.
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Alice Weidel has been AfD's parliamentary co-leader since 2017 and party co-chairwoman since 2022. Born in 1979, she holds a doctorate in economics and worked in investment banking before entering politics. She ran as AfD's chancellor candidate in the 2025 federal election, in which AfD became Germany's second-largest party. Her disciplined, media-savvy approach has been central to AfD's mainstream breakthrough.
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Tino Chrupalla has served as AfD's federal co-chairman since 2019, sharing the party leadership with Alice Weidel. Born in 1975 in Saxony, he was a master painter before entering politics. He represents AfD's more working-class, east German base and has focused on social and economic issues alongside the party's signature migration stance.
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Latest News
Germany's left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance has proposed public debates with the right-wing AfD to challenge the political firewall isolating the…
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JUL 2, 2026
Berlin's Christian Democrats have collapsed to 17 percent in polls from 30 percent in April 2023 while the radical Left…
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JUL 2, 2026
Germany's police union warns of planned violent attacks by left-wing extremists on officers at the Alternative for Germany party congress…
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JUN 30, 2026
German authorities upgraded their investigation of an attack on Alternative for Germany lawmaker Michael Meister to attempted murder after a…
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JUN 26, 2026
The Alternative for Germany has evolved from a protest movement into a nationally established party with support across all demographics,…
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JUN 25, 2026
A former Bundeswehr major and AfD city councilor is suing Germany's military after being dismissed for alleged disloyalty to the…
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JUN 24, 2026
A German Catholic official accuses conservative media and intellectuals of using Antonio Gramsci's cultural hegemony tactics to shift public opinion…
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JUN 21, 2026
Germany's Alternative for Germany party has become the sole effective opposition force as establishment parties form an anti-AfD bloc that…
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JUN 20, 2026
German interior ministers are discussing plans to restructure security architecture and limit classified information access to sideline the AfD if…
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JUN 19, 2026
Saxony's CDU Minister-President Michael Kretschmer warned that Germany's strategy of isolating the AfD fails to address policy failures driving its…
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JUN 19, 2026
A photo of a CDU politician touching an AfD candidate's shoulder during a microphone malfunction has sparked outrage in Germany…
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JUN 19, 2026
German establishment politicians are working to strip future state governments of intelligence access if voters elect the Alternative for Germany…
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JUN 19, 2026
Germany's interior ministers are planning to exclude potential AfD regional governments from national security networks as the party leads polls…
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JUN 19, 2026
A German bookseller honored for combating antisemitism faces calls to revoke his award after activists discovered he is a member…
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JUN 18, 2026
International investors are more concerned about far-left property expropriation policies in Germany than the rise of the Alternative for Germany…
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JUN 17, 2026
A German publisher who received an award for cultural work and fighting antisemitism may lose it after a left-wing group…
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JUN 17, 2026
A German pro-migration group is urging other states to prepare emergency relocation programs for migrants if the Alternative für Deutschland…
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JUN 17, 2026
Germany's nationalist AfD party has surged to a historic nine-point lead over the Christian Democrats with 29 percent support, while…
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JUN 16, 2026
Germany's CDU faces potential loss of power in Saxony-Anhalt after 24 years as the AfD leads polls at 42 percent…
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JUN 16, 2026
Germany's Social Democrats have fallen to a record low of 11 percent support as voters shift to the populist Alternative…
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JUN 15, 2026
A video showing friendly interaction between a senior CDU politician and an AfD counterpart in Saxony-Anhalt has undermined Chancellor Merz's…
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JUN 15, 2026
A photo of Germany's CDU parliamentary leader laughing with an AfD candidate sparked controversy over the "firewall" between mainstream parties…
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JUN 14, 2026
The Alternative for Germany leads German polls at 29 percent, seven points ahead of the CDU/CSU at 22 percent, complicating…
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JUN 13, 2026
A photo of a senior CDU politician warmly greeting an AfD counterpart has sparked debate about Germany's conservative firewall policy…
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JUN 13, 2026