The AfD looks set to take power in a German state for the first time. In a DW exclusive, the front-runner in Saxony-Anhalt ...

A wind turbine billed as the world's tallest is rising in eastern Germany, winning praise as a beacon for a clean, green energy future and headwinds from the far-right AfD party. Klaus Prietzel, ...

By Susanne Neumayer-Remter and James Mackenzie HALBERSTADT, Germany, May 20 (Reuters) - As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

The German parliament is off to a rocky start as Alternative for Germany, or AfD, lawmakers took their seats among rival politicians devoted to keeping the growing party out of the mainstream.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party announced Tuesday its decision to dissolve and replace its youth wing, the Junge Alternative ("Young Alternative"), which has been classified as an ...

AfD climbs to 29 percent while Chancellor Friedrich Merz ranks last among major politicians in the INSA survey.

FILE - A man stands in front of the logo at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file) BERLIN (AFP) — ...

When the Christian Democratic Union won the German parliamentary elections in February, it was far from a reassuring victory. The Alternative for Germany, the nation’s most prominent right-wing ...

Increasingly hostile climate towards immigrants and rising attacks in eastern German states are fueling concerns among migrant communities about their safety.

The far-right, neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany (AfD) has emerged as Germany’s most popular party, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) losing ground to slip into second ...