Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, poses in front of German flags during an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25 ...

The German government is preparing for an upheaval in its parliament as citizens head to the ballot box following the collapse of the nation's ruling coalition.

party Ines Schwerdtner during the electoral evening after the forecast of the German federal election for the 21st Bundestag. Carsten Koall/dpa ...

It is the first time since the Second World War that a far-right party has finished second in a German national election, although it has a slim chance of forming part of any new government because of ...