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 ...

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 ...

"This is a historic result for us," AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said as party supporters waved German flags in celebration. "We are open to coalition negotiations ... otherwise, there will be no ...

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 ...

The mood at the AfD election party was ecstatic as it emerged that the party had almost doubled its support, with people cheering and waving Germany flags. Party co-leader Alice Weidel took to the ...

The mood at the far right’s election party in Berlin was ecstatic as the exit polls first flashed onto the screens, with people cheering and waving Germany flags. For his part, Christian ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls indicated his bloc was in the lead. Acknowledging the challenges ahead ...

Thanks for following our live coverage of the German elections. According to exit polls, Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc looks set to take home the most votes, with the far-right AfD party ...

The mood at the AfD election party, meanwhile, was ecstatic as it emerged that the party had almost doubled its support, with people cheering and waving Germany flags. Party co-leader Alice Weidel ...