The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.

Gemany's far-right AFD leader Alice Weidel enjoyed the vocal support of several international far-right figures ahead of this ...

Alice Weidel, the first ever candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the post of Chancellar, lives ...

In a relationship with a woman of foreign origin, the AfD leader nonetheless assumes an anti-immigration rhetoric and ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party ...

Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, is on course for a stunning result in Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

The leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been endorsed by Donald Trump - and looks set to make huge gains in ...

The leader of the German far right is in a relationship with Sarah Bossard despite her party's advocacy of the traditional ...