Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), will be the next chancellor - but will exclude second place AfD ...

Germany’s far-right AfD party have surged to an historic second place in national elections, securing an unprecedented ...

The aggressive smear campaign by right-wing media, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) officials, and Christian Democrat politicians, which led to the withdrawal of law professor Frauke ...

Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Riding high in the polls, the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Over the past few years, the far-right has made strides across the world. In Europe ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not end the groundswell of support for it, noting it was key ...

Social Democratic Party (SPD) chairman Lars Klingbeil states after the party's executive committee closed meeting at the Willy Brandt House. Joerg Carstensen/dpa The leadership of Germany's Social ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency designated the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party as “extremist,” shortly after it became the single most popular party in the country. The Federal ...

Ms. Sauerbrey is a contributing opinion writer who focuses on German politics, society and culture. BERLIN — In November, as Covid-19 cases began to rise, thousands of people gathered in Berlin to ...

Berlin — Nicki Kämpf watched her daughter toddle across the sand in a Berlin playground and wondered whether she and her wife should move their 1 1/2-year-old west, after Alternative for Germany ...