Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD, German pronunciation: [aːʔɛfˈdiː] ⓘ) is a far-right [4] and right-wing populist [5] [6] political party in Germany. The AfD is Eurosceptic, [7] and opposes immigration into Germany, especially Muslim immigration. [8]

Sep 20, 2024 · This Pew Research Center analysis highlights key findings about Germany’s Alternative for Germany party (AfD) following recent state elections. The analysis draws on a nationally representative survey of 1,008 German adults conducted from Jan. 11 …

Jan 2, 2025 · Germany has federal parliamentary elections on February 23 and AfD is polling at roughly 20%, in second place behind the Christian Democratic Union party at 30%. In state elections in September 2024, AfD gained significantly, coming in first place in Thuringia with 33% of the vote, and a close second place in Saxony with over 30% of the vote.

Jan 23, 2025 · Alternative for Germany (AfD), far right-wing German political party founded in 2013. Established during the rise of Euroskepticism in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis, the party has since adopted a platform based on German nationalism and Islamophobia.

Jan 14, 2025 · Here we introduce you to the German political parties that are represented in the Bundestag. In Germany, parties only win seats in parliament if they obtain five percent or more of the votes. The party: AfD Alternative for Germany. Established: 2013. Members: 40,000. MPs in the Bundestag: 76 of 733 MPs in total. Historic figures: -

Jan 18, 2025 · In September 2024, Germany’s Alternativ für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) party won the Thuringia state parliamentary election, gaining over a third of all seats. This triumph marked the far right’s first election win in Germany since World War II and was complemented by a close second place finish in the neighboring Saxony.

1 day ago · 01/31/2025 January 31, 2025. Germany's conservatives were able to pass a strict immigration motion with votes by the far-right party, marking a historic breach of the "firewall" on working with ...

Oct 18, 2024 · German lawmakers from across the political spectrum are working together to ban the Alternative for Germany party, which has been classified as partly right-wing extremist. Can they succeed?

Founded just over a decade ago, the populist radical right Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) has significantly disrupted German politics ever since. In 2017, it became the first new party to enter the German Bundestag since the Party of Democratic Socialism (later the Left Party) did so in the reunification election of ...

Jan 29, 2024 · After it entered the federal parliament in 2017—the first time a far-right party had been elected since the 1950s—the party seemed to stall around 10% of the electorate. But no more: the AfD...