Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...

Post-war Germany has already provided a textbook example of this phenomenon. The formation of the Bundeswehr, the West German armed forces, in the late 1950s was financed entirely from the normal ...

An opposition bloc of Germany’s center-right parties, the Union, led by Friedrich Merz, is leading pre-election polls with AfD in second place. Merz said Friday that his party will bring motions ...

His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s election for chancellor next month. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...

Migration at center of debate before February 23 election Weidel began her address on migration, a topic that has moved to the forefront of the electoral campaign, especially this week in Germany ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...

and running red lights," KPD Chief Bryan Waugh said. "Officers assigned to these operations have seen a marked increase in traffic stops, resulting in multiple citations to change driver behavior ...

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany. By Jim Tankersley and ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise virtual appearance during Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, as thousands of ...

Dozens of students at a U.S. military middle school in Germany walked out of class in protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of DEI policies during his visit to the country this week.