The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

The AfD became the first party considered by many to be far-right to come out victorious in a state election in Germany since the World War II, when it won Brandenburg in September.

But it's the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party that caught the attention of many analysts ahead of this election. The AfD has surged in popularity and is currently polling second ...

The 12-year old AfD party took second place for the first time in a national election, according to the exit polls. To be sure, the AfD is unlikely to govern for now as all mainstream parties have ...

The AfD came second in the election, the best performance by a far-right party since World War Two. Its polling strength is a setback for Merz's conservative alliance, which wanted to win back ...

The number of reprimands issued in the Bundestag reached its highest postwar level during the last parliament. Two-thirds of ...

German mainstream parties refuse to engage with the AfD at a national level. BERLIN – Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of the ...

Yet the trend of young voters choosing the AfD for their politics is a phenomenon that is a rising across Germany. Polls for the upcoming election on Sunday, and the AfD’s success in regional ...

Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) officially launched an effort seeking to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, according to The ...

Although these figures make it look unlikely that the AfD would outright win Germany's elections on February 23, the party seems set to gain more federal influence than it has ever had.