Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

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 collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin Germany’s next government will almost ...

Those negotiations are certain to be tricky after a campaign which exposed sharp divisions over migration and how to deal with the AfD in a country where far-right politics carry a particularly ...

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 ...

Fast-forward less than four years and that image seems to be unraveling. Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party which denies human-caused climate change and rails against climate ...

AfD is projected to receive the second-highest vote share, as the right-wing party has grown in popularity among young voters and attracted support from Musk and Vice President JD Vance—its ...