The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Yet early voter analysis shows the asylum/public security issue was key in a mass defection of voters from mainstream parties ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Centre-right party the Christian Democratic Union of Germany is projected to win the national election, putting Friedrich Merz on track to be the country's next chancellor.

Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc has secured some 28.5% of the votes ahead of the far-right AfD with over 20 ...

Germany's conservatives win the vote, while the far right alternative has an unprecedented surge and the Social Democrats ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, projections show.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, projections show. Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest ...

Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that will keep it outside government but ...

At the start of November last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner - the leader of one of ...