The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Germany has the world's third-largest economy, but is struggling to kickstart growth. It's one of the issues facing voters in ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a ...

For the first time since the fall of the Third Reich 80 years ago, there is a real possibility that a party with direct ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

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Risk-averse leadership is holding back Europe’s largest economy, say historians and economists.

Christian Lindner triggered early elections last fall with a move meant to save his party. It brought chaos at an inopportune ...

There has been a lot of pessimism about Europe, given stalling growth, rising costs, tariff threats and the war in Ukraine.