Far-right and far-left parties gain ground in local elections as Merz’s approval rating sinks.

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Alternative for Germany (AfD) may not have won the supermajority it sought in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, but the far-right party did take another giant step toward power in a country ...

(JTA) — The far-right Alternative for Germany’s victory in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its second in the region in as many weeks, underscores the growing popularity of the ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany party tripled its vote in Lower Saxony’s local elections from five years ago, coming in third in a race won by Germany’s leading conservative party. The ...

The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) came ...

The AfD’s victory in Luther’s home state confirms the electoral geography mapped out in 2021, yet with significant new developments: the cradle of the Reformation is now the epicenter of dissent ...

The extreme right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) proved victorious in a state election this month. The victory was on Sept. 6, the election in Saxony-Anhalt, a small state in ...