The AfD group in the Bundestag on Tuesday voted to accept Matthias Helferich, who is so divisive officials from his own regional association attempted to expel him from their local association, alleging he referred to Germans descended from migrants as “beasts”.

German The Left (Die Linke) party leader Heidi Reichinnek speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, after Christian Democratic Party (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown,

As the leading candidate for chancellor made overtures to the far right, the once long-shot Left Party shot up in the polls. The party's fate, along with other smaller groups on the cusp of entering the Bundestag,

- Opposition Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz, right, speaks, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, listens during a general debate on the budget at the German parliament Bundestag

The entire campaign for this month’s federal election is a repulsive spectacle. All the parties in the Bundestag (parliament) and their candidates to be the next chancellor are competing with each other in inciting anti-refugee hatred,

- Leader of the far-right Afd, Alice Weidel, speaks during general debate of the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Sept.11, 2024. (AP Photo/, File)

With 735 seats, Germany’s Bundestag is the largest elected parliament in the world. It’ll get significantly smaller after the election on Sunday as the result of an overhaul of the voting system that has been in the works since the last effort fell short five years ago.

Three sectors are likely to require more loan funding after Germany's election results saw the centre right conservative party win most seats in the Bundestag on Sunday. “The sectors that will see improvement are real estate,

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set to make large gains when the country heads to the polls on Sunday. The centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) look set to once again become the largest party in the Bundestag with 220 seats,

While the positions of Bundestag members on North Korea are divided, their assessment of the South Korean insurrection attempt on Dec. 3 of last year has been unanimous

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.