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 ...

With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s ...

Since the start of his second term as president, Donald Trump has looked like he’s been following the playbook of Adolf ...

Anhalt’s access to sensitive intelligence data after the AfD’s victory in the state election, fearing that classified information could reach Moscow, according to 17 German and foreign officials who ...

Alternative for Germany, an anti-immigrant party widely known as the AfD, could take power in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, ...

For the past six years, Germany has either been in recession or stagnated. By comparison, real GDP in the United States has increased by more than 15 percent since 2020, while the economies of the ...

The leftist Die Linke party won the most votes in Berlin, even as the far right AfD won a state election in the north.

Boris Rhein from Hesse has also occasionally been floated as an alternative to Merz, but has a relatively low public profile. In each case, contenders might want to keep their powder dry for longer, ...

The chancellor intends to stay on despite 'disaster' for his conservative CDU party, which was squeezed at the polls by both ...

Before Sunday’s regional elections, speculation was rife about Merz’s survival. In the aftermath, he is now fighting for his ...

Charlotte Knobloch survived the Holocaust by passing as the daughter of non-Jewish farmers. She recently spoke with DW to express her shock following the AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt's state election.

The AfD won its second first-place result in state elections this year, bringing the party closer to regional power than any ...