But while the Alternative für Deutschland piled up votes in the former East, socialist party Die Linke also made a major breakthrough. On Sunday, Germany took a huge step to the right. The ...

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...

Over the weekend, German voters signaled their desire for change. Germany elected a new government headed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a center-right party, sweeping out the center ...

Projections indicate that CDU won the highest number of votes, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw a major surge. (AP photo) ...

Germany’s chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, said his "absolute priority" upon taking up the top job will be to secure Europe so that ...

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Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a day after an election which saw a record performance by the right. Merz ...

Germany’s far-right party comes second in a bruising election. And France readies for a historic child abuse trial. Here’s what to know today. In a nod to a similar pandemic-era program ...

BERLIN — Alternative for Germany surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and became the strongest political force in parts of the country.