The AfD and BSW, two populist parties in Germany, won almost half of the votes in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. The result has fundamentally changed the German party system.

Recently, the political landscape in Germany has become a little more unstable with the far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gaining popularity. In the 2024 European elections ...

DW maps it out. The first thing you'll notice when you compare American and German political parties is that there are more of them that matter in the latter country. Unlike in the US, where you ...

Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images State-government elections in Germany rarely garner much attention outside Europe’s largest country. Everyone is making an exception this time, however ...

While the outcome could hold surprises with many voters undecided in the final days, the elections are likely to send a foreboding signal that Germany’s once-reliable political center has ...

A former high-school teacher who has never held political office is hoping to change that. Björn Höcke, the firebrand head of the AfD party in the eastern German state of Thuringia ...

A far-right German political party that has had leaders sanctioned for speaking well of Nazis is close to winning two state elections. Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is running a pro-Russia ...

The surging support for Germany's populist parties is casting doubt on the country's political stability just one year ahead of its general election. According to the latest Politico poll ...

They don’t get a political opinion ... villain” of the conflict and seemed to soft-pedal Hitler and the German mass execution ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A fatal knife attack in the west German city of Solingen has placed immigration and Islamist terrorism at ...