The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the ...

Now retired from politics, Merkel is a scorched-earth, never-AfD hardliner because in her heart she is not really a conservative. Merkel maneuvered behind the scenes to peel off some CDU lawmakers ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Merkel was a politician who was not vain ... And then went into a parliamentary debate where, at the end, he voted together with the AfD, which was one of the very controversial moments.

The AfD’s online campaign leveraged its status as a troublesome upstart, founded in 2013 to oppose the economic policies of former Chancellor Angela Merkel. It has opened up new classes of ...

The AfD reached a particularly large number of voters ... “open door” policies it became synonymous with under Angela Merkel, Merz has vowed to bring the party back to its more conservative ...

Never the favourite of his party's professional advisers, Merz was twice rejected as Merkel's successor as party leader, in 2018 and 2021, before his doggedness won out in 2022. He took office ...

The AfD’s rise highlights its growing populist appeal among voters ... and thrice since reunification, under Merkel’s chancellorship. A three-way partnership with the Greens and The Left would likely ...