While AfD surged to become Germany's second-largest political force in the election, behind Germany’s mainstream conservatives, the party's strength varies around the country. In Arnis ...

The leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), the far-right Germany political party, has boldly claimed it will be the largest party in the country by the next election, after it finished second in ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

Young Germans leaned to the far ends of the political spectrum in Sunday’s election, with most backing Die Linke (The Left) and the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), or Alternative ...

The AfD group in the Bundestag on Tuesday voted to accept Matthias Helferich, who is so divisive that officials from his own regional association attempted to expel him, alleging he referred to ...

One in five German voters put an X in the box for Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday: a record result that has made them the second biggest force in German politics. Riding on the back of ...

Some segments of the party, known as the AfD, have been classified as extremist by German intelligence. How could that happen in Germany, a country whose history has taught a bitter lesson about ...

The AfD doubled their share from 2021 to win 20.8 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s election, in a surge described by victor Friedrich Merz – whose conservative bloc won with just 28.5 per cent ...

In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second with 20% of the vote, its best election results since its founding just over a decade ago. While AfD didn't take home a majority, it squeezed votes ...

Alice Weidel, a gay woman with a Sri Lankan partner, leads Germany's far-right AfD, which opposes same-sex marriage and champions traditional values. Her leadership has bolstered the AfD's support.