Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), will be the next chancellor - but will exclude second place AfD ...

Germany’s far-right AfD party have surged to an historic second place in national elections, securing an unprecedented ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not end the groundswell of support for it, noting it was key ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Riding high in the polls, the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD ...

BERLIN — Alternative for Germany surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and became the strongest political force in parts of the country.

Social Democratic Party (SPD) chairman Lars Klingbeil states after the party's executive committee closed meeting at the Willy Brandt House. Joerg Carstensen/dpa The leadership of Germany's Social ...

More than 800,000 people took to the streets of Germany's major cities over the weekend to protest against Alternative for Germany (AfD), following reports that members of the right-wing party have ...

Shortly before last weekend’s German elections, Elon Musk predicted on his X platform that “it is only a matter of time before AfD wins.” The extreme right-wing Alternative für Deutschland ...