The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...

Alice Weidel, a gay woman with a Sri Lankan partner, leads Germany's far-right AfD, which opposes same-sex marriage and ...

Germany's elections saw the far-right AfD secure over 20% of the vote, marking its highest-ever share. The CDU/CSU led by ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat following a “bitter election result,” as ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second-largest share of the votes in the German election, it's the ...

Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results “bitter” for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which suffered ...

Results: Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) endured one of its worst results in post-war Germany, coming third behind ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany was in some ways the biggest winner of the night, recording double its 2021 result. The ...