Mainstream political parties in Germany have insisted on a so-called firewall against the far right, with each vowing not to form coalitions or otherwise cooperate with the AfD.

Thuringia, a state in eastern Germany, is known for its poets, winter sports, scientific research, and sausages. It is also a stronghold of the far-right AfD party.

A political earthquake is on the horizon in the German state of Thuringia, where a right-wing extremist is poised to win this Sunday’s election and is eying the position of prime minister amid ...

The winners and losers in Thuringia and Saxony The CDU held a razor-thin lead in Saxony, with a projected vote share of between 31.5% and 31.8%, while the AfD is projected to land between 30.8% ...

Provisional results in Thuringia give the AfD 32 seats in the 88-seat Thuringia state parliament, and the CDU 23 seats, with only one of the three parties in the national government represented.

Demonstrators display a banner reading 'AfD ban now' and 'Mario Voigt says no to AfD' during a demonstration in front of Thuringia's State Parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on September 1 ...

As Germany’s far right reaches milestone moment, extremists grow bolder The AfD could emerge for the first time as the strongest party in a German state parliament after Sunday elections in ...