Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has voted to swap out its controversial youth organization - a group which intelligence officials classify as right-wing extremist - with a new one. At a party conference on Sunday ahead of Germany's national elections on February 23,

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party organization in the eastern German state of Saxony can be designated as a known far-right extremist group, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The party has been fighting a legal battle against the designation by Saxony's domestic intelligence agency.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday unanimously elected party co-chair Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor in February's parliamentary elections. The motion was carried to thunderous applause by almost 600 party delegates gathered for a conference in Riesa in the eastern state of Saxony.

The party was rebuffed in an appeal to the Saxon Higher Administrative Court against its designation as a "far-right extremist" group by Saxony's domestic intelligence agency. View on euronews

Tino Chrupalla, said his trip to Washington for Donald Trump's inauguration is an opportunity to establish political and economic contacts with the new US leadership. Paying respect to Trump, who will be sworn in as president at noon (1700 GMT) in Washington,