Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

In the recent federal elections the far-right AfD was able to reach sections of the working class on issues over which the ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...

Merz’s “real independence” statement would have been noteworthy coming from any German chancellor. But it is even more striking when one considers the fact that Merz is a committed transatlanticist ...

The leader of AfD, the far-right Germany political party, has boldly claimed it will be the largest party in the country by ...

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

An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.

Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...

THE right-wing Christian Democrat Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz came first in Sunday’s national election in Germany. The ...

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...