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 ...

But in recent elections, Alice Weidel took the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from the fringes to the heart of power. Championed by Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance, Weidel is part of a ...

Donald Trump has hailed a "great day for Germany" as the conservative bloc CDU/CSU looks set to take the election. It could also be an historic night for the far-right AfD party, if exit polls are ...

In Germany’s recent federal election, the CDU emerged as the strongest party at 28.6%, and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) securing a historic second place with 20.8% — doubling their result ...

AfD is not merely a nationalist movement ... The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, led by Friedrich Merz, will now lead the coalition, replacing the Social Democratic Party ...

Mr Merz’s centre-right CDU/CSU block won 208 seats in the 630 ... Easter at the latest - and has ruled out a coalition with the AfD as part of a long-running mainstream party pact in Germany ...

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Following a campaign marred by a series of violent attacks and interventions by the United States administration, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.7 per cent of the vote, followed by the AfD ...

Germany’s final election results have been declared and Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance-led conservatives have won the 2025 polls, though short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. The far right ...

“I am certain that this so-called ‘firewall’ will stop after this election,” AfD youth wing leader Hannes Gnauck told CNN Sunday evening. He added, “There will be a CDU after Friedrich ...

While both can give him the majority needed to form the next government, he has already ruled out a deal with AfD, something that he said would be “selling the soul” of the CDU. “Since the ...