How did it start? Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was founded in 2013 and initially focused on opposition to bailouts for struggling countries in the eurozone debt crisis — measures that then ...

But the potential incoming chancellor has already signaled he will not rule with Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Germany's election has also caught the ...

Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in ...

Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, hold German national flags as they attend an election campaign rally (Markus Schreiber/AP) But the party has proven adept at ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Even though it is highly unlikely ...

Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, AfD, sing the national anthem as they attend an election campaign rally of the party in Suhl, Germany (Markus Schreiber/AP) Alternative ...