Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Young Germans leaned to the far ends of the political spectrum in Sunday’s election, with most backing Die Linke (The Left) and the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), or Alternative ...

The party is led by Alice Weidel, and its supporters routinely chant “Alice fur Deutschland,” a play on “Alles fur Deutschland,” which was a Nazi slogan. The support the party has received ...

Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's Alternative fur Deutschland party in Berlin on Feb. 18, 2025. Credit - Photograph by Maxim Babenko for TIME The tweet from Elon Musk arrived a few days before ...

The expected advance of Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in the German federal election this weekend is not, therefore, evidence of some new phenomenon that the traditional parties struggle to ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany, as high as 46.7 per cent in some areas. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, poses in front of German flags during an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25 ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Im abgelaufenen Jahr wurden weniger Treibhausgase ausgestoßen und Deutschland hat sein Jahresziel erfüllt. Das Netto-Null-Ziel bis 2045 halten Experten aktuell aber für nicht erreichbar.