The rise of minor parties could leave Germany on the brink of another unhappy three-way coalition, fresh polling suggested on ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party are topping polls for the election ...

The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party are topping polls for the election ...

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

Vance surprised European leaders by accusing them of suppressing free speech and refusing to work with far-right parties.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday blasted Vice President JD Vance for his support of the far right in the ...

Germany, but the two parties leading polls ahead of the election later this month have been critical of wind turbines.

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...