This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

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German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" government while a "Jamaica" or "blackberry" alliance is less ...

German voters head to the polls on Sunday, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a ...

Around 250 protesters demonstrated against AfD leader Alice Weidel in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, where she has a home, leading ...

Around 250 people protested on Saturday against the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the Swiss ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for Germany's Alternative for Germany party, presents a compelling yet contentious figure. With her contrasting personal life and political stances, she propels ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a ...

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...