As far-right AfD wins big in east, Germany is still voting along Cold War lines
Even though the eastern and western parts of Germany were reunified into the single sovereign nation of Germany in 1990, the ...
Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
CDU has limited options for forming government by shutting out second-place Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany, the reformation party that sits to the right of the CDU/CSU's centrist conservatism, received ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
Germany’s AfD brings ‘friendly face of National Socialism’ into fold
The AfD parliamentary faction, which is jubilant after securing a record 21 per cent in Sunday’s federal elections, also ...
German election: CDU/CSU bloc wins — preliminary results
CDU's Friedrich Merz has claimed victory while SPD's Olaf Scholz has regretted the "bitter" election result. The German ...
The Daily T: Why the AfD can’t be ignored as Germany swings right
The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...
CDU promises Germans stable solutions to immigration, terrorism, and defense ahead of election
A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition pragmatic and ...
Germany's next chancellor needs to form a coalition quickly. Why his party says AfD is not an option
Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold onto power.