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.

It’s clear by looking at the map that most (though not all) of the AfD’s strongholds are in eastern Germany – the region which used ... rural areas and weaker in urban centres. There is less support ...

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

Germany, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) AfD led the Ipsos poll with 25% support, up 4 points from its February election result. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Germany's far-right AfD party was meeting to map its own route to electoral success. Alternative for Germany (AfD) has a real chance of winning elections being held in three of Germany's 16 ...

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 ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany, as high as 46.7 per cent in some areas. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

In Germany, the Alternative für ... rural areas of Baden-Württemberg. On the map, university cities are marked out with a white outline. AfD support mapped, with university cities highlighted.