The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled ...

Germany’s national election on Feb. 23, 2025, the 20th since the Federal Republic’s establishment in 1949, saw a significant ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

The shooting star of the 2025 election is undoubtedly the Left Party. Its resurgence appears to hinge on progressive economic ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), said on Monday it might legally challenge the results of ...