The leftist populist BSW, which was created last year, scored 4.97% in last month's election, lacking just 13,400 votes to ...

Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy ...

The European emissions trading system (ETS), extending to the transport and buildings sectors from 2027, is expected to ...

After becoming a deciding issue for many in 2021, climate change has now dropped down the list of voter priorities in Germany.

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular parties among young people.

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and has become a ...

Economically troubled Germany just held elections and will soon have a new government. The conservative Christian Democratic ...

Germany's political parties are financed through public funding, membership fees and donations from corporations and individuals. DW examines how German parties get their money. Less than two ...

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties — including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.

A lack of political will and fear of ... This will make it harder for populist parties to play on economic worries, and easier to persuade German voters to prioritize the climate crisis.

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...