When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a political force that has moved steadily to the extreme right since it was founded ...

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

The February 23 parliamentary poll in Germany produced several outcomes, the prominent being a highly fractured verdict.

The result of Germany’s federal election on February 23 is the product of a deep political and social crisis that will lead to explosive class conflicts.

leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party. Polls show the CDU enjoying a comfortable lead, with 28% support. Merz voted Sunday in Arnsberg in western Germany, just minutes after ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

As such, Germany’s coalition options are now limited essentially to one, given the voting results. A grand coalition including the CDU, the CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is the most ...

Last November, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic ... the Union party – composed of the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU – seems destined to be Germany’s largest ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

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