Germany
POLITICAL PARTY
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
Alternative for Germany
in parliamentary seats
in parliamentary seats
Germany
in parliamentary seats
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) finished as the second of five parties in the 2025 federal parliament elections, securing 152 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag.Other German parties have been unwilling to form a coalition with AfD due to its far-right politics, and it has not yet entered the Bundesrat (Federal Council), which is appointed via federal state governments.
In the 2021 election, the party finished fifth with 83 seats.
In the 2021 election, the party finished fifth with 83 seats.
In 2024, AfD secured 15 of Germany's 96 European Parliament seats and joined the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group. In 2019, AfD held 11 seats and was part of the ESN group.
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June 11, 2025
“The reason why we are flooded by peoples with foreign cultures such as Arabs, Sinti and Roma etc. is the systematic destruction of civil society.”
Party co-leader (2022–present), co-leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag (2025–present)
Alice Weidel
MOST INFLUENTIAL PARTY MEMBER
Alice Weidel
Alice Weidel
Party co-leader (2022–present), co-leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag (2025–present)
“The reason why we are flooded by peoples with foreign cultures such as Arabs, Sinti and Roma etc. is the systematic destruction of civil society.”
February 24, 2013
Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
PAGE CITATIONS:
German Federal Diet, February 23, 2025, IFES Election Guide, last updated February 24, 2025, accessed June 11, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4574/.
German Federal Diet, September 26, 2021, IFES Election Guide, last updated May 19, 2025, accessed June 11, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3642/.
Bundesrat (Federal Council), "Composition of the Bundesrat," December 18, 2024, www.bundesrat.de/EN/organisation-en/stimmenverteilung-en/stimmenverteilung-en-inhalt.html
Martín González Gómez et al., "Germany Election Maps: How Conservatives Regained Power," New York Times, February 23, 2025, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/23/world/europe/germany-election-results-analysis.html.
European Parliament, "Results by national party - 2024-2029: Germany - Official results," accessed June 11, 2025, results.elections.europa.eu/en/national-results/germany/2024-2029/.
European Parliament, "Results by national party - 2019-2024: Germany - Official results," accessed June 11, 2025, results.elections.europa.eu/en/national-results/germany/2019-2024/constitutive-session/.
QUOTE CITATION:
Alice Weidel email, February 24, 2013, in David Gebhard and Julia Klaus, “Did you write the email, Ms. Weidel?” Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), February 1, 2023, www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/weidel-email-afd-10-jahre-100.html, via Google Translate
TO CITE:
"Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)," Great Replacement Parties, ChainofIdeasBook.com, [access date], www.chainofideasbook.com/country/DE.
