* Far-left Linke wins most votes in eastern state poll * Far-right AfD more than doubles vote, comes second * AfD pushes Merkel's CDU into embarrassing third place * Result seen adding fuel to Merkel ...

DRESDEN, Germany, Sept 1 (Reuters) - An emboldened far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition partners they could not carry on as before after luring ...

A year after it entered Germany's parliament, the far-right AfD party is facing turbulence, including a donations scandal and the looming departure of its favourite enemy Chancellor Angela Merkel. The ...

Angela Merkel is outraged after her party teamed up with the far-right Alternative for Germany to oust the premier of the state of Thuringia in eastern Germany. Angela Merkel is outraged after her ...

BERLIN — The big winner out of Germany’s long and painful talks to form a new government may be a player not even at the table. The far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, once considered ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, for ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, saying it stirs up prejudice and polarizes society. Her comments, made in an ...

German support for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives is at an all-time low, and in few places is that more evident than Bavaria. A booming economy and ever fewer migrants crossing the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Monday ruled out any form of cooperation with Alternative for Germany (AfD), saying the far-right party's anti-immigrant rhetoric was ...

Germany faced a political crisis Thursday after centrist parties breached a decades-old taboo and teamed up with the far-right Alternative for Germany in a regional parliament. Chancellor Angela ...