Thousands attempt to block delegates from attending meeting where Alice Weidel chosen as AfD’s candidate for chancellor.

Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is holding a two-day gathering in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, one of its strongholds — to formally nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate for ...

The event marked the beginning of campaign season ahead of Germany’s elections next month. In Riesa, Saxony—a stronghold of AfD—a significant police presence was deployed. Officers cleared ...

Thousands of people protested in the German town of Riesa, in the eastern state of Saxony, against a gathering of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Organizers counted 12,000 ...

A heavy police presence was in place in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, a stronghold of Alternative for Germany, or AfD — and officers cleared some protesters from the streets.

(Jan Woitas/dpa via AP) Police clear a sit-in blockade at a demonstration against the AfD's national party conference Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Saxony, Riesa, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP ...

Their only state premier failed to hang on in Thuringia, while they barely made it into Saxony's state parliament ... he added. To allow Germany to borrow more again, the Left Party also wants ...

At a recent party conference in Riesa, Saxony, Alice Weidel fully embraced ... speaks during an AfD election campaign in Magdeburg, Germany, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi ...