MUNICH — She has two children with a Sri Lankan-born woman, speaks Chinese and previously worked at global financial institutions — an unconventional profile for the leader of a male-dominated ...

Alice Weidel is now the most popular candidate for German Chancellor, according to the latest polls. A look at the latest ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

Berlin – Germany’s parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany party, and authorities subsequently searched his home and offices under ...

Elon Musk talks to Alice Weidel, right, federal chairwoman of Germany's AfD, at the party's election campaign launch via a video overlay in Halle (Salle), Germany, Jan. 25, 2025. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa ...

German lawmakers were left dumbfounded on Tuesday as conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure an absolute majority in the first round to be elected the country's new chancellor. Merz's ...

German parliament discusses €500-billion fund and revamp of borrowing rules ahead of the formation of a new parliament, in Berlin BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...