Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... It is frightening to see how swiftly my home country is transforming into a semi-totalitarian state. There are now serious efforts to ban ...

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. On May 2, 2025, Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) ...

German civil society leaders, including women who lived through World War II, issue a rare and urgent message to Americans. Drawing parallels to 1930s Germany, they warn that democracy can collapse ...

At the end of last week, Germany officially labeled the far-right Alternative für Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist group. This unprecedented decision was announced by the ...

Germany’s intelligence agency has officially labeled the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “extremist,” allowing deep surveillance and communications interception. The AfD, which placed second in ...

Germany’s February election produced an unprecedented result. The center-right Christian Democratic Union, led by Friedrich Merz, won the most votes and the largest number of seats in the Bundestag.

A German court has rightly blocked the country’s domestic intelligence service from continuing to brand the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) party a “right-wing extremist” ...

Germany's AfD party on Friday criticised the intelligence services' move to label it a right-wing extremist group as a "heavy blow" to democracy and vowed to mount a legal challenge.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party decried an "attack on democracy" after the car of one of its most prominent MPs was burnt on Monday.