The AfD parliamentary faction, which is jubilant after securing a record 21 per cent in Sunday’s federal elections, also ...

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, doubling its result from last time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost a lot, their coalition partner the Greens a ...

We sought to seed the accounts with an equal interest in Germany’s four major parties – the Christian Democrats (CDU), ...

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.

One of the main advocates of this policy within the party is Peter Boehringer, AfD’s federal vice chairman and a well-known ...

Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.