A “firewall” against the far-right is one of the key features of German politics. Known as the brandmauer, it emerged  after the Second World War as a way to ensure that no far-right extremist group ...

Germany’s Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz has broken a long-established “firewall” isolating the far right. A vote ...

United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof ...

US vice president JD Vance met with Alice Weidel, the co-leader and candidate for chancellor of the Alternative for Germany ...

The anti-immigrant and far-right Alternative for Germany party has established itself as a significant political force in the ...