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

The Tesla and SpaceX owner backs leader of the most extreme party in the fray for election crucial for the future of Europe; ...

German far-right AfD leader Alice Weidel pledges to overtake conservative bloc, vows to win first place in next election.

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s ...

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties — including Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

Alice Weidel may not be the person you would imagine at the top of Germany's far-right political movement. She's gay with a Sri Lankan partner, the film-maker Sarah Bossard. And Ms Weidel ...

German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win ...