The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, enough to block a loosening of Germany's debt brake - a mechanism some ...

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 party has won the backing of Donald Trump’s most influential adviser, Elon Musk, while U.S. Vice President JD Vance has demanded mainstream politicians ditch their convention of uniting to keep ...

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.

The AfD's success means it is time for other parties, in particular Merz's conservatives, to ditch the so-called "fire wall", she said, referring to a consensus among the mainstream parties to ...

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 ...

“We were better off with the Deutschmark,” he said, backing the AfD promise to ditch the euro and bring back the currency synonymous with Germany’s post-war prosperity. On ...

However, both the AfD and the Left oppose military aid to Ukraine ... "The Left would like to ditch the debt brake. However, its agenda - soak the rich, spend more on welfare and less on defence ...