The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?

Merz did not rule out reforming Germany’s debt brake but said that structural reforms particularly in refugee and ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, told POLITICO he's "very worried" the European Union is heading ...

With the polls stable for weeks, it is taken for granted that Friedrich Merz's conservatives will win next Sunday's elections ...

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...

German politicians make a lot of laws and regulations but on the campaign trail many rage against the country's notorious bureaucracy, labelling it a monster that needs to be slayed.

In the final stretch of the campaign before Sunday's vote, the candidates are fighting for every last vote, with around 30% ...

Alice Weidel praised US Vice President JD Vance for his comments calling on Germany to drop its decades-long taboo of having the far right in government.

The German problem is back with a vengeance. Only this time the problem is not Hitler’s monstrous war machine, but the Pied ...

After weeks of sparring on migration and a surge of support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the race took a new turn last week with comments by US Vice President JD Vance.

The far-right AfD has drawn support as a spate of deadly attacks has inflamed the immigration debate. Read more at ...

All other German parties see the far-right AfD as a threat to democracy, but the anti-immigration party has a powerful friend ...