One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

Germany’s federal elections took place this weekend, with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian ...

The influence of the far-right AfD party has grown in Germany following the elections. Constitutional law experts warn of attacks on democracy.

The leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been endorsed by Donald Trump - and looks set to make huge gains in ...

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

As Dr Weidel took the stage in Halle, the crowd started a chant that was a not-too-subtle play on a Nazi slogan, “Everything ...

As Germany heads to the polls, here is all you need to know about Alice Weidel, who is AfD's first-ever candidate for the ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Alice Weidel, the leader of German far-right party AfD, held secret meetings with Chinese envoy to Germany for years. It has ...

On Sunday, the country’s residents will vote in a pivotal election in which Ms Weidel's party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), ...

Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...