Germany’s far-right AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt election with 44%, challenging Chancellor Merz amid concerns over extremist policies and coalition uncertainties. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Germany's anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is aiming to become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II as voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party faces a disastrous blow as AfD aims for Germany's first far-right state government since World War II.

The latest poll gave the party a commanding lead of 41%.

Far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election, but fell a little short of winning a majority.

It was however too early tell whether the AfD will have enough votes for an absolute majority that would allow it to govern a state alone for the first time.

The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is one of a number classified as a right-wing extremist group by German security services.

AfD swept the Saxony-Anhalt election, leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz under heavy pressure. The result has triggered difficult coalition arithmetic and raised the prospect of the party's first state government in modern Germany.

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland has won a crucial state election in Saxony-Anhalt, exit polls showed, but the party may fall short of the majority needed to govern...

​Poland's foreign minister ‌on Monday called Germany's far-right AfD party's victory "a very worrying sign" after the anti-migration party surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state ‌elections.…