Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Germany's far-right party, the AfD, finished second in my country's elections; next time, we may not be so lucky.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election , with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, enough to block a loosening of Germany's debt brake - a mechanism some ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the countrys second-largest political party, marking a dramatic rise in ...