Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

Merz’s draft legislation, however, raised the ire of former Chancellor and CDU leader Angela Merkel, who intervened. Now retired from politics, Merkel is a scorched-earth, never-AfD hardliner ...

AfD’s election viewing party has apparently ... further to the right than it was in the days of former Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the migrant crisis of 2015-16, Merkel’s government ...

who on Sunday won the seat of former CDU chancellor Angela Merkel. The new AfD group, which has grown so much that it had to move to a larger room for Tuesday’s meeting, also includes a slew of ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Germans delivered a major ...

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) looks set to become the second largest party in the German parliament following elections on February 23. Polls& ...

In recent years, Merz has drawn criticism from some, including former Chancellor Angela Merkel, for his willingness to vote with the AfD on legislation concerned with migration.

The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding resolution on immigration last week. The former chancellor's comments ...