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Far-Right Party Launches Youth Organization

AfD Launches
a Youth Wing
as Thousands
Protest Outside

Nov 29, 2025 2:00 PM CST

AfD Launches a Youth Wing as Thousands Protest Outside

Party wants tighter control over Generation Germany than it had over previous group

(Newser) - A confident far-right Alternative for Germany set up its new youth organization on Saturday even as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen, where the party held its meeting, some of them clashing with police. A convention of the anti-immigration party, known by its German acronym AfD,...

Rubio Slams German Foreign Ministry, Boosts Far-Right Party

Germany Balks After Rubio,
Vance Support Far-Right AfD

May 3, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Germany Balks After Rubio, Vance Support Far-Right AfD

US secretary of state accuses German government of 'tyranny,' German foreign ministry pushes back

(Newser) - Germany's foreign ministry is hitting back at US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party as a "right-wing extremist" organization. The spat occurred at a complicated time for Germany, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the...

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