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

Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election while a ...

Who are the AfD? Germany’s new far-right opposition and the subject of Elon Musk’s infatuation - The success of the far-right ...

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

Frederick Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, is virtually assured of becoming Germany's next chancellor.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday canceled his planned remarks here at the ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.

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