And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...

It’s hard not to see the political parallels between Cottbus, a city of 100,000 about 75 miles south of Berlin, and Rust Belt ...

Ukraine. It also opened a new phase in America’s trans-Atlantic relations. We shall soon discover whether it also means the beginning of the end for NATO and the further destabilization of a Europe ...

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

Europe’s biggest economy is the 27-nation European Union’s most populous nation and a leading member of NATO, as well as the ...

The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social democrats), Greens, FPD (liberals), CDU/CSU (conservatives), AfD ...

Lesen Sie diesen Artikel auf Deutsch ► With 735 seats, Germany’s Bundestag is the largest elected parliament in the world. It ...

As Germany heads into a key general election on February 23, there’s a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the country’s film ...

Under election law, parties must obtain a minimum of 5% of second (party) votes before it can claim representation in ...

Many business executives and economists argue that Germany's next government should work to loosen constitutional limits on ...

U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary's Viktor Orbán as an inspiration for a right-wing America, and the prime minister ...