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

Who is Germany’s election winner and how will he fare against AfD leader Alice Weidel? - Friedrich Merz has taken aim at the ...

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

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

BERLIN - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Germans voted for change Sunday, and the most important questions now facing their country—and Europe—are whether and how ...

The far-right AfD is now the second-strongest political force in Germany after the federal election. Despite its success, as well as support from Elon Musk and JD Vance, it has no chance of ...

Duisburg in Germany's western Ruhr region highlights how the far right has made progress beyond its traditional strongholds ...

The conservatives will first enter talks without Scholz, who apologised for SPD's bitter defeat at 16%, while his popular ...