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

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

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri ...

In Germany's crucial election, Friedrich Merz’s centre-right CDU leads, with far-right AfD set for its best postwar result.

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of the center-right Union bloc, which has by far the best chance of forming a new ...

A protest rally was held in front of the German Embassy in Kiev against the candidate for the post of Chancellor Alice Weidel. She is the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has a ...

Germany heads to the polls in high-stakes elections today to choose the next chancellor, with conservatives favored to win.

On Sunday, the country’s residents will vote in a pivotal election in which Ms Weidel's party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), ...

Musk won AfD a massive new audience, and JD Vance added support. That brought the party outsized attention, but the impact in ...