Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), introduced a nonbinding motion in the ...

Germans go to the polls in federal elections next weekend. Immigration was already a predominant issue. That has only been amplified by the image ...

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

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as opposition chief Friedrich Merz, ...

Opinion polls continue to show the CDU (German Tories) way ahead on 29%, with the AfD (far-right, and far worse than Reform) ...

Skip next section Ex-finance minister blames SPD and Greens for growth of AfD February 11, 2025 Ex-finance minister blames SPD and Greens for growth of AfD Christian Lindner's Free Democrats are ...

It is not a question of distributing the 35,000 job losses “fairly” between east and west Germany, but of preventing them.

German industry has been hit by soaring energy costs following EU sanctions against Russia. Major business groups such as ...

The three parties leading so far in the German polls have lost ground slightly, according to the latest survey by the INSA ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Germany's center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) has unanimously voted in favor of an election program that promises to lower ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...