Given the global trend of a political shift towards the right, the rise of the AfD isn’t particularly surprising.

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, with the country’s far-right AfD party expected to make large gains.Polling ...

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

Voting kicked off in Germany on Sunday in an increasingly polarised election, with the conservatives tipped to claim victory ...

BERLIN: German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday (Feb 22) on the eve of crucial elections in which ...

Germany is the most populous country in the 27-nation European Union and a leading member of NATO. It has been Ukraine’s biggest second-weapons supplier, after the U.S. It will be central to shaping ...

German are set to vote for their next leader on Sunday in the country’s snap federal election. The election is expected to ...

In the latest polls, Friedrich Merz’s party – which remains far ahead of the second-place contender – has shown a decline, ...