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

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an even ...

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

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

The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.

Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany vaulted into second place on Sunday after about a fifth of voters cast their ballot for ...

Frederick Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, is virtually assured of becoming Germany's next chancellor.

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 ...

The far-right and anti-immigrant AfD surged to become the nation’s second-largest political force, stoking fear and alarm ...