The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has caused shock across the political spectrum by winning an election for the first time in the party’s 10-year history. Germany’s ...

The result gives the far right its first win in a state parliament election since World War Two. The AfD also came a close second in Sunday's other big state election, in the more populous ...

The far-right, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is celebrating a “historic success” in local elections in the east of the country, says the BBC. The party topped the polls in the ...