Given the global trend of a political shift towards the right, the rise of the AfD isn’t particularly surprising.

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Germans were voting in a national election on Sunday that is expected to restore power to Friedrich Merz's conservatives while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is forecast to achieve ...

Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, with the country’s far-right AfD party expected to make large gains.Polling ...

Voting kicked off in Germany on Sunday in an increasingly polarised election, with the conservatives tipped to claim victory ...

Germany is the most populous country in the 27-nation European Union and a leading member of NATO. It has been Ukraine’s biggest second-weapons supplier, after the U.S. It will be central to shaping ...

BERLIN: German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday (Feb 22) on the eve of crucial elections in which ...

In the latest polls, Friedrich Merz’s party – which remains far ahead of the second-place contender – has shown a decline, ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...