Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman speaks at the 37th federal party conference of the CDU in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb.3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ...

However, on Friday, the German parliament narrowly rejected a bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked becoming the first draft legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party.

Merkel Criticises Leader of Her Own Party for Cooperating With German Far Right By Rachel More and Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz ...

If the party’s ideas on animal protection were to ... Lately, more and more Germans — including some German Jews — are disagreeing with that assessment. Over the years, AfD has gained ...

anti-cultural integration party, "the best hope for Germany." "It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything ...

On the heels of the backlash to his gestures at a Donald Trump inauguration event and his attempts to make Nazi-related jokes on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right party on ...

Two years into an economic recession, German businesses are sounding the alarm and demanding no less than a complete overhaul of economic policy after February's election. Lower energy costs ...

Roger Moorhouse is a historian specialising in modern German and Central European history, especially Nazi Germany and Poland during WW2.

Others drew an even more direct line between Holocaust remembrance and modern German politics — which, in September, saw AfD become the first far-right party to win a state election since the ...

Elon Musk made a surprise virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party on Saturday, telling members that they need to "move beyond ...

“It’s good to be proud of German ... saying the party had the support of the “Trump administration.” He went on to invoke Germany’s history dating back to the Roman Empire, citing ...

Greeted with loud cheers, Elon Musk virtually delivered a short speech Saturday at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, where he urged the crowd to not be ashamed of the ...