The AfD came in first in Thuringia and placed second in Saxony, right on the heels of the Christian Democrats (CDU). Germany’s media and ruling class predictably catastrophized the voting results.

Developments in Saxony belie all talk by the establishment parties of a supposed “firewall” against collaborating with the ...

Speaking in his capacity as an SPD parliamentarian, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a "bitter" night for his party The far-right AfD emerged as strongest party in Thuringia, and a close second in ...

With a federal election looming, the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) suffered a blow after a court ruled that its Saxony branch can now be classified as a right-wing extremist ...