Born out of the euro crisis, the AfD’s transformation during the 2015 refugee crisis helped turn it into a major political ...

Michael reports on two remarkable German state election results in which neither of the two governing parties, the CDU Conservatives or the SPD Social Democrats, came out on top, leaving Conservative ...

Locked out of talks with minister Katherina Reiche, Germany's wind power lobby turns to MPs, betting a slim 12-seat majority ...

Following the far-left Die Linke’s electoral victory in Berlin, Jewish leaders are calling on Germany’s center-left parties ...

German economic think tanks urged Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition on Thursday to stay the course on policy reforms after heavy losses in regional elections fuelled speculation the measures could ...

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

As the far-right Alternative for Germany wins another regional election, wiping out the ruling Christian Democratic Union in former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own backyard, will Friedrich Merz face ...

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” These opening lines to the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities seemingly also reflects the tale of two German elections, one in Berlin and the ...

Despite winning the largest share of votes, the AfD is likely to struggle to form a government without an outright majority in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Environmental activists have scaled the headquarters of Germany's ruling conservative party to demand a stronger stance against the far right and protest against the climate policies of Chancellor ...

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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will confront conservative lawmakers in Berlin on Tuesday after the Christian Democrats’ worst-ever state election result to find a way to salvage his reform agenda.