German election: Who are the top candidates and what are their policy priorities?
Germany's conservative parties and far-right AfD lead in the polls, with the CDU’s Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor after the 23 February vote. View on euronews
Factbox-Germany's election in polls, parties and policy debates
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition. Here are the main parties contending, their poll standings,
How Germany found itself holding an Italian election
POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.
German election: Why are parties promising more deportations?
Major parties and minnows are all promising more and quicker deportations to solve the migration debate as the country is set to hold elections next Sunday. View on euronews
Germany: Germany holds last parliamentary debate before elections
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday urged voters to vote for the stability of the democratic center in the early elections on February 23 and to avoid a majority between conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
German election: Scholz, Merz vow not to work with far right
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would 'never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich Merz has done. Meanwhile, Merz said working with the AfD was out of the question.
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Germany’s disappearing green agenda
The country once seen as a climate trailblazer is in danger of becoming a laggard, as the party almost certain to lead the ...
German federal elections: Social Democrats and Christian Democrats agree on all key issues
Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...
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Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important
Getty Images Merz's first two bids to win the CDU leadership failed, against Merkel in 2018 and then Armin Laschet who went on to lose the German election in 2021. Merz then took over the CDU ...
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Voting from Abroad Ahead of Germany’s 2025 Snap Election
Over the past few weeks, several reports have appeared in German media on expected challenges with postal voting from abroad ...
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Germany election 2025: Parties, polls and key issues
Germany has two centrist ... has dropped to third from the first place it achieved in the 2021 election. It is followed by the Greens on 12% and the BSW on 6%. The FDP is polling at 4% and ...
German election race heats up as leading parties push for stricter migration laws
German national elections approaching with migration at the forefront, leading parties CDU and AfD call for stricter ...
No Good Alternatives in Germany
John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the ...
Taboo break over far right set to complicate German coalition talks after election
The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...