The runner-up is likely to be the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which has long been excluded by other parties as a prospective coalition partner due to its extremism. The centre-left ...

Despite making up less than one-fifth of the German population, eastern German voters are in particular focus ahead of the Feb. 23 election because of the strength of the far-right Alternative for ...

Musk inserted himself into Germany’s elections in December, when he endorsed the far right Alternative for Germany.

Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) are holding onto their lead in polling ahead of the snap election to be held ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday that Ukraine and Europe need to be involved in peace talks about ...

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

At the centre of the immigration debate is the notion of “welfare magnetism”: the idea that migrants are drawn to Germany by ...

Less than two weeks before the general election, an anti-corruption watchdog has urged a reform of Germany's "opaque" party funding laws. The call comes amid large donations to the AfD and BSW parties ...

Here is a summary of the most likely coalitions and the compromises that will be necessary to reach agreement:GRAND COALITION ...

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost ...

Election campaign posters showing German Social Democratic Party, SPD, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, top, and his challenger ...