She started out in China on a German government scholarship and stayed to write a doctoral thesis on its pension system, ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has topped a national poll for the first time, prompting the popular Bild ...

Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are characterized by five things: Music, costumes, flowers, candy, and ...

The rightist AfD is now polling as the country’s most popular party.

DER SPIEGEL's coverage of the far-right AfD is commendable, writes media critic Bernhard Poerksen. But there are several ...

Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing dissatisfaction with ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

AfD Co-Chairwoman Alice Weidel celebrated the development in a post on X. “For the first time in the AfD’s short history, we are the strongest party in Germany. Thank you for your tremendous ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel hailed her party's polling breakthrough in a post on X. "The people want political change - and not a 'business as usual' coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD," she wrote.

The talks are expected to conclude later on April 9, sources told Reuters. AfD leader Alice Weidel hailed her party’s polling breakthrough in a post on X. “The people want political change ...