German leader urges parties to boycott far right after its election wins AfD came in first in state elections in Thuringia and a close second in Saxony, so building a coalition government without ...

Germany’s far right has won the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazi era, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling center-left coalition.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...

In Thuringia, 38% of people aged between 18-24 gave their vote to the far-right party — compared to 33% overall, according to public broadcaster ARD's Tagesschau election analysis.

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) for regional elections in Thuringia Bjoern Hoecke arrives at the State Parliament in Erfurt on September 1.

State elections in Saxony and Thuringia showcased the rise of anti-establishment parties and the first time a far-right party finishes first in a state election in Germany since World War II.

For the Thuringia trend, infratest dimap surveyed a representative sample of 1,182 Thuringians by telephone (694) and online (488) between March 14 and 18. Insa surveyed 1,000 Thuringians aged 18 ...

The AfD came in first in Thuringia and placed second in Saxony, right on the heels of the Christian Democrats (CDU). Germany’s media and ruling class predictably catastrophized the voting results.

Björn Höcke, of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, is on the brink of a potential state election victory. He has criticized how Germany remembers the Holocaust and been ...

AfD set to win Sunday's vote in Thuringia, tie in Saxony New far-left BSW, founded by former Communist, polls third Coalition building is likely to be complicated Federal elections are due next year ...

Turnout in Thuringia was 73.6 percent of eligible voters and in Saxony 74.4 percent, a sharp increase from 2019, which was 64.9 in Thuringia and 66.5 in Saxony.