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Germany updates: Chancellor Merz 'skeptical' of AfD ban • May 15, 2025, 10:37 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
How should Germany deal with the far-right AfD party? • May 12, 2025, 2:42 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Germany grapples with how to deal with far-right AfD • May 11, 2025, 10:19 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Fact check: Is Germany's AfD not right-wing extremist? • May 10, 2025, 12:20 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Fact check: Germany's AfD no longer 'right-wing extremist'? • May 10, 2025, 2:14 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)

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Also Known As AfD • Alternative für Deutschland
Areas Of Involvement nationalism • right

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