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

A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be discussed by the leaders ...

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

The resurgence of the far-left Left Party, as well as a historic result for the far-right AfD, demonstrates growing support ...

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 ...

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 ...