A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped elevate the Alternative for Germany party to second in pre-election polls.

The police said they had detained a suspect in the assault, which occurred among the labyrinth of concrete slabs at one of ...

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

For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...

Stories of a pre-election state of emergency, police escorts for toddlers and forged ballot papers -- a blizzard of online ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.

In Cottbus, a city in eastern Brandenburg, the mood is tense as voters prepare to head to the polls with the rest of Germany ...

Germany's far-left Die Linke party has enjoyed a late poll surge ahead of Sunday's elections, boosted by a spirited ...

German voters go to the polls this weekend in an election dominated by concerns about immigration. The country is expected to ...