Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

a nearly 10-point drop from their first-place finish in 2021. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged a “bitter” defeat, saying “the election result is poor and I bear responsibility”. Germany’s ...

The SPD, which came top in the last election in 2021, has sunk to the third place with just 16.2% of the vote. The leader of the Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) youth wing, known as the Young ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for ...

Merz's Union bloc, which has led the opposition since 2021, won Sunday's election, in which the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany took second place. The only plausible choice of ...

Talking to voters about the many non-conspiracy reasons they vote for a far-right party can help break "the glass door." ...

The German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is convening as coalition talks between the SPD and CDU continue. Lawmakers tipped the CDU's Julia Klöckner as president of the chamber.

the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) doubled its support from the last election in 2021 with 20.8 percent of the vote, making it the second-largest party in the parliament.

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

The election was still days away ... the center-left Social Democratic party (SPD), which has held Germany’s chancellorship since 2021, was voted out. Germany’s next government will be ...