Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

the Union party – composed of the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU – seems destined to be Germany’s largest party and return itself to the helm of German politics. The CDU has ...

By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote share from four years ago, in the strongest showing for a German far-right party ...

The Right-wing Alternative for Germany party is home to conspiracy theorists and racists who “belittle” the crimes of the Nazis, a former MEP who was briefly a member has claimed. Hans-Olaf ...

But a text published on Saturday, March 1 by the radical left-wing party sets drastic conditions: Yes to an abolition of the "debt brake" to invest in Germany and "civil" support for Ukraine ...

As Germans head to the polls Sunday, one party has attracted more attention both at home and abroad than any other: the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). With other parties pledging not to ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

From left: Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, leader of the Social Democratic Party, debates issues with the Green Party's main candidate Robert Habeck, Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian ...