In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as ...

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.

Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a ...

Shunned by liberal Germans, anti-immigration AfD is now the second strongest party in Germany. It's also favored by President Trump's inner circle.

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...

Germany’s economy had stalled. In 2024, German GDP was 0.2 percent lower than in the previous year, and forecasts for 2025 ...

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The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD ...

President Donald Trump's successful runs that prioritized halting illegal immigration have had an effect on international ...

When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a ...

The influence of the far-right AfD party has grown in Germany following the elections. Constitutional law experts warn of attacks on democracy. The far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...