Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

As the AfD gains popularity, its critics are seeking to take away voters’ ability to support or reject the party.

Four weeks before Germany’s snap election, the political temperature is rising as the campaign shifts onto the contentious ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly criticized her successor Friedrich Merz for collaborating with the far-right ...

The AfD is currently running second in polls before the election, sitting comfortably ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, though well behind Mr. Merz’s Christian Democrats.

When the CDU motions passed on Wednesday evening, by four votes, an eerie silence hung for a moment over the Bundestag chamber. Then AfD parliamentarians began applauding what they see as the first ...

The former German Chancellor has publicly criticised her former party in the wake of far-right AfD's rising popularity.