Germany’s “firewall against the far-Right” could crumble after the frontrunner to win next month’s election said he could work with Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tighten immigration laws.

The chancellor, lagging in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election, called for an investigation into why the Afghan suspect was even in Germany.

AfD national chairwoman Alice Weidel in Riesa and Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his main rival in the federal elections next month of breaking a taboo by signaling his openness to pushing disputed measures on migration through parliament with the far-right Alternative for Germany.

Three of Germany's major parties met on Saturday to firm up their programmes and candidates ahead of the nationwide elections on February 23. With just six week to go, the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) gathered for a party conference in the capital Berlin,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the integrity of borders during an animated speech meant to motivate Social Democrats ahead of a federal election next month.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's support for the far-right in Europe, calling it "completely unacceptable" on Friday. Musk recently stated that only the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD),

Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is holding a two-day gathering in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, one of its strongholds — to formally nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate ...

A convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday as it and other major parties launch their campaigns for the country's election next month. Alternative for Germany,

The party, second in the polls ahead of the February elections, closes ranks with its candidate following Musk’s support. It is seeking to square the circle: normalization without deradicalization

Germany's conservative opposition faced criticism Friday over reports that it was willing to accept the support of the far-right AfD party in a parliamentary vote on toughening migration rules. "The CDU and CSU have accepted my offer to vote together with the AfD in the Bundestag on the fateful issue of migration,