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 ...

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 32,404 people played the ...

Between them, these two formations captured the support of close to 50 per cent of voters (28.52 per cent for the CDU/CSU, 20.8 per cent for the AfD) and will occupy 360 seats in the new 630-seat ...

The primary takeaway of the election is not the win of CDU but the rise of the AfD. For CDU to form a coalition, 316 seats are needed and the negotiations between CDU, AfD, and SPD remain a ...

While AfD surged to become Germany's second-largest political force in the election, behind Germany’s mainstream conservatives, the party's strength varies around the country. In Arnis ...

The German federal election produced a parliament representing five main parties, plus one seat for regionalists in Schleswig-Holstein. Two parties previously in the Bundestag, namely the neoliberals ...