The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

The AfD officially became the second largest party in terms of voter support in the country. To look at a recent electoral map of Germany is like looking at a map of pre-1991, divided Germany ...

Addressing the Bundestag, incoming Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt concentrated on two points: closing the borders to ...

As the AfD began its inexorable rise in popular support since its founding in 2012, Germany’s other parties pledged to maintain a “fire wall” to keep it out of governing coalitions and ministerial ...

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters) - Germany's domestic security agency classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist" on Friday, allowing for closer monitoring of the country's largest opposition ...

BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency ... The Trump administration has shown support for the AfD, including ahead of parliamentary elections in February, and on Friday, Secretary ...

Mr. Merz was initially two votes short of winning approval as Germany’s new leader.Credit...Tobias Schwarz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The AfD has gained support in recent years with ...

The AfD's stance aligns with that of Germany's left-wing populist BSW party in calling for peace talks over military support to Ukraine. Lawmakers from both parties walked out of the Bundestag ...

The domestic intelligence service of Germany last week labeled “extremist” the political party that won the second-most seats in the Bundestag in February. The finding of the Federal Office ...

Shifting Targets, Growing Support: the Rise of Germany's AfD By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's domestic security agency classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist" on ...