Now playing Next Germany Jörg Meuthen to step down as co-leader of Germany's far-right AfD Meuthen said he will continue his political work and wants to "make his voice heard". 11/10/2021
Now playing Next Germany Has the AfD's Nazi rhetoric doomed it to electoral oblivion? After a massive win in the 2017 elections, the far-right party is little more than a footnote this time around. 20/09/2021
Now playing Next Germany 'Dexit!' AfD wants to follow UK and take Germany out of EU The so-called "Dexit" policy emerged at a two-day AfD conference to firm up its strategy ahead of Germany’s general election in September. 12/04/2021
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe AfD falls from first to third place in eastern German states The far-right party has lost some of its support in states that have been a stronghold for them in recent years. 05/10/2020
Now playing Next Germany Far-right AfD under fire for tweeting link to Hanau attacker's site The far-right party tried to distance itself from the attacker while tweeting a link to his manifesto. 20/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany Germany's far-right AfD party apologises over 'racist' colouring books Police in Germany are investigating 'racist' colouring books distributed by a faction of Alternative for Germany. 20/02/2020
Now playing Next View Human rights are at stake in Europe’s fight against nativist populism going mainstream ǀ View Over the last decade, nativist populists across the European Union have grabbed the headlines. But the cost of that political attention has been less focus paid to how their ideas have entered the mainstream. 20/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit over vote fiasco Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she will quit her role as head of the CDU after the party was criticised over a regional election in Thuringia. 10/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany Germany far-right crisis: what's next after Thuringia governor quits? Even if it was short-lived, the election of a governor with far-right votes is likely to have a longlasting impact in Germany. 07/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany German state governor quits after winning election with far-right help Thomas Kemmerich of the small Free Democrats party was elected in Thuringia thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, causing a national outcry. 05/02/2020
Now playing Next Germany German far-right AfD party elects new leader backed by radical wing The far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday elected a decorator from the east backed by a radical wing within the party as one of two co-leaders. 01/12/2019
Now playing Next Germany Far-right AfD beats Merkel's party in regional election The incumbent far-left Die Linke party won in Thuringia's state election, according to exit polls, while the AfD came ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. 27/10/2019
Now playing Next Germany Far-right tipped to make more election gains in former East Germany Last month the AFD made big gains in two other regional elections in former communist east Germany. 26/10/2019
Now playing Next Germany German far-right suspect confesses to killing politician A German far-right suspect confessed to killing a pro-immigration politician, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday. 27/06/2019
Now playing Next Europe News New European far-right coalition named Identity and Democracy Identity and Democracy - the new name for the European Parliament's biggest eurosceptic faction. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next Germany German actors lead campaign against AfD government in 'Görliwood' German actors and Hollywood producers are leading a campaign against AfD government in 'Görliwood'. 11/06/2019
Now playing Next Europe News These are the campaign videos populists are using to win votes From the far-right to the far-left, these political parties have taken on a divisive approach to getting voters to the polls. 24/05/2019
Now playing Next Europe News The Brief: Meet the EU countries bucking the populist trend Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta and Ireland have little or no far-right populists to speak while the rest of Europe is seeing a rise in support for these groups. 23/05/2019
Now playing Next View Nativist populism is destroying Europe. Only multicultural populism can save it ǀ View The real solution is to fight populism with populism: to neuter the nativist populism of the AfD, Brexit and Le Pen with an inclusive, multicultural and inclusive populism. This requires not only a new generation of politicians, but perhaps a new style of political party. 06/05/2019
Now playing Next Europe News Germany's diesel car ban revs up political debate As more German towns and cities bar diesel cars, with court and EU approval, one Eurosceptic party fights back to save them 25/04/2019
