The vote in Pirna fits into the Alternative for Germany party’s strategy of “normalization.” By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Voters in eastern Germany on Sunday elected a far-right ...

Leader Alice Weidel described the result as "historic". The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has won its first mayoral election in a city. AfD leader Alice Weidel described the result in ...

AfD candidate for mayor of Pirna, Germany, Tim Lochner (center), flanked by Jan Zwerg, general secretary of the far-right party in Saxony, and Jorg Urban, AfD president in Saxony, December 17, 2023, ...

BERLIN — Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won its first major mayor’s race, taking control of the eastern city of Pirna, Saxony, in a sign of the party’s growing appeal amid worries ...

Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) mayor of Pirna, Tim Lochner poses for a picture in Pirna, eastern Germany, on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Marion PAYET / AFP) When carpenter Tim Lochner decided ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has won its first mayoral election in a city. AfD leader Alice Weidel described the result in Pirna, Saxony, as "historic". Tim Lochner, a former ...

Tim Lochner saw off the CDU candidate to become the far-right Alternative for Germany's first city mayor. Under the German mayoral system, some large towns have city mayors. A candidate from Germany's ...