A German engineer has bequeathed his €7 million fortune, including gold and property, to the national populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in his will, Deutsche Welle reports. The endowment is one of the largest ever given to a German political party. The populist party was the only benefactor under the engineer’s will, and in addition to gold coins, gold bars, and real estate, the will... 

Der Spiegel has reported that Germany’s AfD party has invited US President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon to a media conference in Berlin. Steve Bannon has been offering advisory support to a number of European populist groups prior to the European elections. Sputnik discussed this with Christian Weiland, AFD supporter, security officer for the AFD, former AfD member in... 

Exit polls and preliminary results in German regional elections show significant success for the right-wing AfD party, which will probably enter three state legislatures. Chancellor Merkel’s conservative CDU party suffered losses in two out of three states. The AfD (Alternative for Germany) party secured 24.2 percent in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, making it the second-largest party after...