The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

A new poll shows the Alternative für Deutschland is now Germany’s most popular political party, marking another turning point ...

Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing dissatisfaction with ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

The announcement of a governing coalition formalizes what appeared destined to happen after February's election.

The anti-immigration, populist AfD reached a historic milestone Wednesday when the poll found it was the most popular party in Germany for the first time. The party had already surged to second ...

Or will the next elections – which will be held in 2029 at the latest – see the AfD emerge as the most powerful political party in Germany? Might Germany’s next chancellor even come from the ...

Merz pitched himself as the man to slay the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) – who'd scored 12.6% in the previous year's national election – and win back disaffected conservative voters ...

Germany's center-right parties and the far-right AfD are now polling neck and neck, the latest INSA survey showed. The CDU/CSU alliance is in advanced talks to form a new coalition with the center ...