The announcement of a governing coalition formalizes what appeared destined to happen after February's election.

The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month's legislative elections, as US tech billionaire Elon Musk again endorsed the anti-immigrant AfD party.

In fact, Gysi’s role as father of the House is itself the result of coordinated anti-AfD maneuvering. The role traditionally went to the oldest member of the Bundestag by age, which would be ...

As Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc settled on a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) yesterday, Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time in a sign of growing ...

All other German parties see the far-right AfD as a threat to democracy, but the anti-immigration party has a powerful friend abroad: Elon Musk, the loudhailer voice of Team Trump. "Let's go ...

But if exit polling is correct, about 20% of voters disagree - instead believing the Alternative for Germany Party or AfD offers Germans the best future. Image: Anti-AfD protesters rally in Berlin ...

For the first time, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is leading in a German poll. A quarter of all voters are backing it.