The lettering "CDU" is seen on an advertising wall at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) North Rhine-Westphalia election party. Christoph Reichwein/dpa Initial projections from Sunday evening showed ...

The CDU remains the strongest party after local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. However, the far-right Alternative for Germany tripled its 2020 results. The Greens have emerged as the clear ...

Researchers say a far-right social media campaign — that painted a respected law professor as extremist — caused the suspension of the election of judges to Germany's highest court.Whenever there's ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that his conservative party will take a tougher approach towards the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a busy election year looms. "We must, ...

In August and September 2025, posts online claimed that over the course of two weeks, several members of the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic initial defeat on his first ballot, which caused tumult in the Bundestag, or ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader seeking to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to obtain the necessary votes to win the position in parliament on Tuesday. Out of a total of 630 votes, ...

A few hundred neo-Nazi protesters walking through the heart of Germany’s capital formed part of the backdrop to Sunday’s federal elections. Berlin is used to demonstrations but what’s new is the ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...