The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) claimed second place, winning 20.8% of the total 630 seats in the Bundestag, Germany’s ...

Alrifai, a human rights activist and co-founder of the Tamkeen Movement, is an elected member of Nuremberg City Council for ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

He’s not the only one. Sunday’s national parliament election — which brought the demise of a green-minded, three-year-old ...

The Left (Die Linke) and the far-right AfD party scored big in Germany's federal election on Sunday. But their success has ...

Populist far-right parties are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream, bringing their climate skepticism with ...

Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.

Last December the European Commission published its ‘priorities’ for the next five years. All the bases were covered, from ...

As victor Friedrich Merz tries to build a coalition, Germany could find itself in a vicious cycle where the compromises ...

However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and ...

As Friedrich Merz looks set to become Germany’s next chancellor amid strained EU-US relations, some say it's high time Europe and Asia build stronger ties.

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...