Germany has a reformed voting system that has been in effect since 2023. This system prioritises proportionality over ...

Final poll predicts large gains for AfD hours before voters cast ballots - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan As the US drifts closer to authoritarianism, the words of Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose collective remain vital: We will not be silent.

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

Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition. WHAT IS GERMANY'S HYBRID VOTING SYSTEM? Germany's reformed voting system ...

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

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

As Germany prepares to elect a new government on Sunday, immigration has emerged as the defining issue. A decade after former Chancellor Angela Merkel's confident declaration that Germany could manage ...

Concern is growing over the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s rise ahead of the German election. Its U.S. supporters ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for Germany's Alternative for Germany party, presents a compelling yet contentious figure. With her contrasting personal life and political stances, she propels ...

A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition palatable for all citizens. The Union parties — the Christian Democratic ...

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