Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

The leader of the party said she received the call after the party known as the AfD finished second in national elections, by ...

The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there's a distinct ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one ...