The onus is on Merz and his ministers not just to deliver on policy but to clearly demonstrate that all isn’t lost for the ...

The leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), the far-right Germany political party, has boldly claimed it will be the largest party in the country by the next election, after it finished second in ...

Voter base: The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its regional Bavarian "sister party,", the Christian Social Union (CSU), are popular with people over the age of 60, churchgoers, and ...

Christian Lindner triggered early elections last fall with a move meant to save his party. It brought chaos at an inopportune time. But will it work out? By Jim Tankersley and Tatiana Firsova ...

Germany’s federal election last month signaled a shift in the country’s politics – and employers need to understand how this might soon impact them. The center-right Christian Democratic Union and ...

Assassinations, coups, and street brawls may be symptoms of democratic decay—or an intentional strategy wielded by ...

In December, the German government—a coalition led by Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats—lost a no-confidence vote. Elections will be held next month. Scholz came to power after the sixteen-year reign of ...

With less than four weeks to go, the German election campaign is entering its hot phase. The two main topics dominating the election campaign are the economy and, increasingly, immigration. The German ...

The American president’s foreign policy, and a divisive speech by his vice president, drew attention away from an attack by a refugee that some expected would fan political tensions over migration. By ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — As Germany heads for Feb, 23 elections the gray winter weather has become a hot campaign topic because of its impact on the country’s shaky green energy transition. Twice in ...

As Paris wrestles with ballooning debt and a budget impasse, two major Franco-German military projects and other E.U.