The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

But it needs one. I immediately thought of German as the most likely language to produce such a word. The grammar of German means that it is a language in many ways uniquely suited to combining ...

It was late at night, exactly one month before the Feb. 23 election, that Friedrich Merz confided to a group of party insiders that he had come to a historic decision. The country was reeling from a ...

The CDU has employed conservative right wing slogans in their election campaign, and is now taking a left turn,” he said, adding that the patience of German voters will snap. Höcke led the AfD ...

Voters are heading to the polls in Germany's general election. They are electing a new parliament after a campaign focused on the state of Europe's biggest economy and calls to restrict migration.

The AfD's popularity has surged following five deadly attacks since last May, including three during the campaign. Their controversial "remigration" policy and anti-EU stance have gained traction ...

The AfD managed to shape political discourse during the election campaign with its anti-immigration ... The AfD is classified by the German security authorities as partially far-right extremist ...

The German campaign echoed a lot of Trump v. Harris 2024: Immigration and inflation were the drivers, and underneath that was the discontent with “those in charge” that has been a theme in ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz leads the race to become chancellor at age 69. However, his Christian Democrats (CDU) will need coalition partners if they secure victory. The frontrunner has ...

The AfD's popularity has surged following five deadly attacks since last May, including three during the campaign. Their controversial "remigration" policy and anti-EU stance have gained traction, ...