Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

AfD is not merely a nationalist movement. Their appeal lies not in ideological extremism but in its ability to capitalize on ...

INITIAL projections of the result of Germany's election last Sunday set the stage for protracted coalition talks, meaning ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won Germany's election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. "Let's celebrate tonight and in the morning we'll get to work ...

When Germans went to the polls on Sunday, February 23, three main issues appeared to be weighing on the public: high energy ...

German voters gave the far-right AfD party second place in elections, which will make the Christian Democrat Party's Friedrich Merz the next chancellor.

Germany's federal and state government tax revenue rose 8.9% in January from the previous year, the finance ministry said in ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.