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

AfD leader Alice Weidel accuses Germany's likely future chancellor Friedrich Merz of "election fraud." She says Merz promised to "close the borders" but did the opposite. Is that true?

The German elections are, in many respects, paradoxical. The electoral shifts, which saw the major parties’ combined vote ...

A New York Times profile describes Weidel, 46, as someone who can be alternately charming and biting, and who speaks clearly ...

Parade is the highlight of Germany's carnival celebrations, particularly in cities like Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party achieved its best result ever in Sunday's election. It is now set to be the main ...

At the start of the Cold War, in 1952, a book came out in the USA and Britain entitled The Russian Menace to Europe. The ...

The victory of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz was met with relief in Ukraine. The ...

Alice Weidel, missed a late-night congratulatory call from American billionaire Elon Musk following her party's success in ...

Officials warn that Germany's federal elections on Sunday might be the last gasp of normalcy in the Bundenstag if establishment parties don't fulfill voters' expectations.

German voters gave the far-right AfD party second place in elections, which will make the Christian Democrat Party's Friedrich Merz the next chancellor.