The Alternative for Germany result is the closest a far-right party has come to holding power at state level in Germany since World War II.

The victory of a far-right party in a German state election has raised alarm across Europe. Many fear it heralds the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to the defeat of the Nazis.

The election could see Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party ⁠to take power at a state level since World War Two.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the Alternative for Germany party and co-leader of its parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, attends the second day of the Alternative for Germany ...

Ulrich Siegmund, a charismatic 35-year-old, has led the far-right Alternative for Germany to its strongest showing yet.

Alternative for Germany (AfD) may not have won the supermajority it sought in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, but the far-right party did take another giant step toward power in a country whose postwar democracy was designed to prevent the return of right-wing extremism.

MAGDEBURG, Germany, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could end up forming its first state government with the help of a small leftist party that shares its hostility both to mass immigration and to the mainstream parties' efforts to exclude more radical parties from power.

Germany's populist, far-right Alternative for Germany party has declared victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after more than doubling its share of the vote in the first of several regional elections this fall.