The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

The party had already surged to second place in the February Bundestag election, a rise fueled by former Chancellor Angela ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

For the first time, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is leading in a German poll. A quarter of all voters are backing it.

The right-wing party has garnered 24% of support, on par with the CDU/CSU alliance, according to a survey by the INSA ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

In the two months since the election, Merz's CDU/CSU bloc has lost four points while the AfD has been rising in opinion polls: Both now stand at 24%. Compared with former Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

a rise fueled by former Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision to welcome more than a million migrants and economic troubles. Founded in 2013, AfD won 4.7% in its first Bundestag election ...

Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats are lagging behind the Conservatives and the Alternative for Germany, ...