Browse The Independent’s complete collection of articles and commentary on Alternative for Germany. Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, shortened AfD) is a German right-wing political party. Alternative for Germany AfD: What you need to know about Germany's far-right party.

History. In the 2017 federal election, the party won 94 seats after receiving 12.6% of the national vote.

Alternative for Germany emerged as the third-largest party in Parliament, with 94 out of 709 seats.

It was critical of Germany's policy toward the eurozone crisis. Two AfD politicians have seats in the European …

In 2012, Alexander Gauland, Bernd Lucke and Konrad Adam formed the Electoral Alternative 2013. Founded in February 2013, the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) currently has about 23,500 members. How the Alternative for Germany, known by its German abbreviation AfD, fares in Thuringia will also help determine the sway that Mr. Höcke … DW looks at the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the third-largest group in the Bundestag. The nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has grown rapidly since it was formed in 2013 and is now the biggest opposition party in the Bundestag (national parliament), with 89 seats. All the latest breaking news on Alternative for Germany.