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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

The AfD doubles its vote share to 20.8 percent in weekend elections and becomes Germany’s second-largest party.

The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany ’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured approximately 20.8% of the vote in the 2025 elections, becoming the second-largest ...

“This is a historic success for us—our best result ever,” AfD’s chancellor candidate and co-leader, Alice Weidel, told ...

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

The conservative alliance led by Feidrich Merz took the most seats in the German Bundestag, but Alice Weidel’s far-right AfD is close behind.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold onto power.

Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...