Friedrich Merz faces urgent economic and geopolitical crises. But to form a coalition he needs to turn foes into friends – ...

G ERMANY’S DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY has classified part of the AfD, founded in 2013, as extremist, warning that it is a ...

As Germany heads to the polls, a look at the politician cultivating the anti-immigrant party’s ‘image of competence’.

The Tesla and SpaceX owner backs leader of the most extreme party in the fray for election crucial for the future of Europe; ...

She has been described both as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and as the “adult in the room”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

The moment I saw my mother and brother heading toward the train, I realized that was it,” Naor told Yad Vashem, Israel’s ...

Putin and far right German politician Alice Weidel at a protest at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, February 20, 2025 ...

The AfD leader maintains a discourse that contradicts her personal life but is allowing her to gain ground among a German ...

Despite the CDU seemingly in pole position to win the election, research shows the AfD’s Alice Weidel is the preferred choice for Chancellor (30%), followed by CDU leader Friedrich Merz (25%) and ...

In his historic speech at the Munich Security Conference, JD Vance told European leaders not to shut down opinions with which ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...