The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

BERLIN - Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

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

By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's ...

Far-right party surpasses chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU for first time amid prolonged coalition ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Germany, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) AfD led the Ipsos poll with 25% support, up 4 points from its February election result. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian ...

Support for Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which won the February 23 election, fell by five percentage points to 24% while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained three points to land on 25% ...