The message that the AfD is the only party for real change is a powerful one. Mainstream rivals need to bear this in mind.

Last September, the AfD became Germany’s first far-right party in post-World War II history to win a state election outright, ...

A local chapter of the far-right Alternative for Germany party said on Wednesday its account had been terminated by the ...

Opposition head Friedrich Merz is calling for reforms to Germany's migration laws after a deadly knife attack in which an ...

Mainstream German parties have sworn off working with the far-right Alternative for Germany, but its ongoing rise and ...

Developments in Saxony belie all talk by the establishment parties of a supposed “firewall” against collaborating with the ...

The party's state association in Saxony is now officially classed as a "right-wing extremist" organisation. Could the AfD ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s rise in the German parliamentary elections is causing concern in ...

From the shrinking Bundestag at the election to new property tax rates and possible strikes, we round up some of the big ...

As Germans head to the polls to elect a new parliament, the Kremlin’s ability to meddle with the vote looms large. Putin’s ...

Some Germans blame the CDU, and in particular Merz's predecessor and longtime chancellor Angela Merkel, for encouraging the ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservatives view Angela Merkel’s legacy as a liability in their battle with the far right.