Donald Trump is dividing the US, the US government is dividing the democratic West, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is dividing German society, Europe is divided over the issue ...

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

According to Büttner, although the AfD is not currently in the national government – and remains unlikely to be accepted as a coalition partner by the victorious centre-right CDU – German ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz (L), the co-leaders of Germany's social democratic SPD party Saskia Esken (R) and Lars Klingbeil (2nd L) and the ...

Heidi Reichinnek (Die Linke), top candidate and co-chair of the parliamentary group, speaks at a press conference in the Haus der Bundespressekonferenz. Sören Stache/dpa 32,530 people played the ...

The CDU/CSU won the parliamentary elections on February 23 with 28.5%. The SPD came in third with 16.4%, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany(AfD). The AfD has charged Merz was "breaking ...