German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far right in a state election in ...

Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the first far-right political party to win a state election in Germany since World War II.

The political landscape in Germany is undergoing a seismic shift, as evidenced by the recent state election in Thuringia. For the first time since World War II, a far-right party has emerged ...

Establishment politicians in Berlin scramble to respond to public concerns about illegal immigration, but it is the ...

Recently, the political landscape in Germany has become a little more unstable with the far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gaining popularity. In the 2024 European elections ...

In Frankfurt an der Oder, an ironic sign reads, “Frankfurt Oder/Slubice – no borders.” Slubice is the Polish town across the ...

Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images State-government elections in Germany rarely garner much attention outside Europe’s largest country. Everyone is making an exception this time, however ...

The surging support for Germany's populist parties is casting doubt on the country's political stability just one year ahead of its general election. According to the latest Politico poll ...

TIME AND again the ambitions of Friedrich Merz to attain Germany’s top political job have been thwarted by events, by rivals—or by himself. Yet at last the chancellery looks within the grasp of the 68 ...

BERLIN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck called for a political solution to a ... "It is important to me to make clear that Germany is not shying away from competition ...