Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

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Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The party celebrating the most is the one that came second, the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD, backed by the ... the former Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders to people ...

The CDU leader attracted criticism, including from his predecessor Angela Merkel, for accepting the AfD's votes on a controversial immigration bill last month. What is Alice Weidel’s stance on ...

The AfD, though, won't be part of that coalition ... The incoming chancellor was asked whether former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated him. So far, he says he hasn't heard from ...

It broke a taboo on cooperation with the AFD, rooted in Germany's Nazi past ... former chancellor Angela Merkel retired in 2021. “The motto was always, to the right of the CDU was only darkness.