Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's ...

For the first time, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is leading in a German poll. A quarter of all voters are backing it.

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

The AfD came second in the election ... But Mr Merz cuts a very different figure from Angela Merkel, the centrist conservative who ran Germany for 16 years before Mr Scholz.

In the two months since the election, Merz's CDU/CSU bloc has lost four points while the AfD has been rising in opinion polls: Both now stand at 24%. Compared with former Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

a rise fueled by former Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision to welcome more than a million migrants and economic troubles. Founded in 2013, AfD won 4.7% in its first Bundestag election ...