Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a ...

Morphing into an anti-migration party after former conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to take in a large wave of refugees in 2015, the AfD entered the national parliament in 2017, ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and has become a ...

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc emerged as the winner of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Germany, securing 28.6% of the vote, the dpa agency reported, citing preliminary official data released ...

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.

One leader said he would seriously think of packing his proverbial “suitcase in the attic” if the party were to be part of a governing coalition in any German state. (JTA) — Jewish leaders ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its best ever result.

The AfD reached a particularly large number of voters ... “open door” policies it became synonymous with under Angela Merkel, Merz has vowed to bring the party back to its more conservative ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

Merkel was a politician who was not vain ... And then went into a parliamentary debate where, at the end, he voted together with the AfD, which was one of the very controversial moments.

The AfD’s popularity across the country has been driven by concerns ... in which he called for a “large-scale remigration project” to reverse the effects of former chancellor Angela Merkel opening up ...