Germany will go to the polls on Sunday, February 23 after a snap election was called in December following the collapse of ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

Founded in 2013, the AfD is controversial for its hardline on migration and asylum-seekers, with frequent rows surrounding ...

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...

A week out from the Federal Election, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to Berlin's streets to protest the rise of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hans-Olaf Henkel joined the AfD in 2014, one year before Angela Merkel launched her open-door immigration policy.

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

As the country goes to the polls, writers explore, in fiction and non-fiction, its identity and values — and where these suggest it is heading ...

He has neither Obama’s swagger nor Macron’s grandiose vision, let alone Angela Merkel’s reputation for integrity and selflessness.

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany 's next leader in Sunday's election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, ...

Average Germans understand their nation is in crisis — and are exasperated that it took an American leader like JD Vance to ...

The federal elections in Germany are scheduled for February 23, having been preponed seven months due to the collapse of the governing coalition in December 2024. A total of 630 members will be ...