Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

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.

Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, firmly defends her criticism of the CDU for cooperating with the AfD, ...

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Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Up to 700,000 people demonstrated in towns throughout Germany on 1-2 Feb after the Bundestag (German Parliament) voted to ...

An ultimately failed tightening of German asylum policy with the help of the votes of the right-wing populist Alternative for ...

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

In an interview with the German broadcaster ARD in August 2023, Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader of the Christian ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...