Co-leaders of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to the first exit polls of the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.

Germany’s far right has won the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazi era, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling center-left coalition.

Exit polls show the far-right Alternative for Germany is on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time in the country’s east.

The Alternative for Germany still has pariah status among other major political parties in a country where far-right politics has long carried a stigma because of the Nazi past.

Particularly, in eastern Germany, where they’re very popular in the polling — often over 30% — which means they could take power in those states, which would be the first time a far-right ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second in a second vote, projections showed.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party's Björn Höcke wants a '180-degree shift' in the country's view of its past and condemns the postwar 'guilt cult'.