Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
Germany's election won by conservatives, and far-right AfD party surges, official results show
Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...
Did Germany Really Lurch to the Right This Election? It’s Complicated.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, doubling its result from last time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost a lot, their coalition partner the Greens a ...
Germany's Merz will push up debt with help of left, says AfD leader
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...
The Latest: Merz wins Germany's election while AfD makes historic gains
German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...
The Daily T: Why the AfD can’t be ignored as Germany swings right
The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...
Germany's AfD, Left win enough seats to block changes to debt brake
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, enough to block a loosening of Germany's debt brake - a mechanism some ...
Trump claims German election results vindicate his agenda, even as the country’s next leader breaks away
Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one ...