After far-right AfD win, Germany’s embattled chancellor faces more election tests

Chancellor Friedrich Merz braces for potential double election blow this weekend as pressure mounts on his leadership Two ...

Germany’s Far-Right AfD Dominates State Election, Governing Path Unclear

The vote marks a major breakthrough for the party and a fresh challenge to Germany's mainstream political establishment.

How the far-right AfD is causing a German political earthquake

The AfD may not end up controlling Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state despite a landslide election victory, but the far-right ...

In Germany’s east, old ties to Moscow fuel AfD rise

The party recently secured a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, another former state in the German Democratic Republic, as ...

AfD party’s landslide win in eastern Germany tests country’s ‘firewall’ against the far right

BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has established itself as a significant political force in the 13 years since ...

Could victory for the AfD spell the end of wind farms in Germany?

The AfD has put the fight against wind turbines at the core of its election strategy. Could a win in the eastern state of ...

BSW founder accuses AfD of derailing Saxony-Anhalt talks

The founder of a minor populist party that has emerged as a potential kingmaker following elections in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt has accused the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Chancellor Merz seeks CDU support as AfD encroaches

Following the CDU's crushing defeat in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, many are expressing doubts about the party's leader, ...