This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...
The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns ...
One week out from Germany's general election, tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin to protest the growing support ...
For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...
After years of large influence, NGOs will face headwinds under a new CDU/CSU-led government. Berlin – Germay's Christian Democrats, fresh off their victory in the country's election, took aim at ...
If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.
In the wake of Trump’s victory—and his administration’s transformation from staunch ally to sneering adversary—Germany’s ...
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a centrist conservative ... and counter-protest, in Thuringia this weekend. The elections in Germany demonstrated a gendered split among the right and left ...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured approximately 20.8% of the vote in the 2025 elections, becoming the second-largest ...
Germany has, however, maintained a relatively open-door policy for migrants. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU/CSU party declared in 2015: “Wir schaffen das!” or “We can do it!” and welcomed ...