The party led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election; the primary voter issues were the economy and ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany wants to have a bigger say in foreign policy. It is relying on its contacts within the ...

Non-partisan social media users in Germany are seeing right-leaning content more than twice as much than left-leaning content ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...

The American message in Munich a week ago made German-US relations an unexpectedly divisive German election issue. Germans ...

The CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), garnered a combined 28.6 ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

Germany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over ...

Then, in a speech in Munich last week, 10 days before Sunday’s vote, Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the so-called “firewall” Germany’s mainstream parties have maintained against the country’s ...