Germans may only be granted early retirement if their job requires manual labour under tough reforms. Friedrich Merz's centrist coalition is planning to change a rule which allows Germans to retire ...

Although the chancellor is prone to exaggerate the scale of his modest proposals, his dwindling band of supporters appreciate his commitment to them. Yet navigating the reforms through the Bundestag ...

Michael reports on two remarkable German state election results in which neither of the two governing parties, the CDU ...

Germany’s Die Linke faces pressure from potential Berlin coalition partners after controversial figures attended its election ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz may have survived the triumph of the far right in this month's state elections in eastern Germany and Berlin but the shock to his coalition could force ​him to water down his ...

The Alternative für Deutschland has a stable national poll lead, including in the former West Germany. Its rise owes to much more than Eastern grievances.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued a stark warning Monday, declaring that Jewish life in Germany “is no longer safe” amid a surge in antisemitism. “The fact that Jewish life in Germany is no ...

Germany’s September 20 state elections delivered another major setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the CDU. In ...

Debacle: ruling CDU failed to reach the 5% threshold and is out of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional parliament.

The latest German state elections have also caught the attention of the Upper Austrian ÖVP. Party leader Florian Hiegelsberger sees lessons for Upper ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces growing political pressure after calling the latest state election results a "disaster ...

Germany faces political uncertainty as Merz, 70, clings to power in the aftermath of three hefty defeats this month, which saw the CDU ousted from a state parliament for the first time ever and the ...