Much of this reshaping of the Bundestag is owed to unprecedented success for the AfD, which is now the second largest with 152 seats and some 21 per cent of the national vote. Co-leader Alice ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) almost doubled its vote share and surged into second place. But it is likely to be frozen out of power as other parties are refusing to work with it.

He said on election night that he hopes to form a government by Easter at the latest. He has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which President Trump's ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the country's second largest party after its historic performance in the national election. It received 20.8% of the vote in the poll, finishing behind the ...

speaks on stage at the AfD election party, after the forecast of the German federal election for the 21st Bundestag. Sören Stache/dpa-Pool/dpa 31,170 people played the daily Crossword recently.

This would be roughly double the 10% the AfD won at the last election, and the best performance by a party to the right of the CDU/CSU in post-war Germany. But Friedrich Merz, leader of the ...

Much of this reshaping of the Bundestag is owed to unprecedented success for the AfD, which is now the second largest with 152 seats and some 21 per cent of the national vote. Co-leader Alice Weidel’s ...