For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

German are voting for their next parliament and, ultimately, government on Sunday in the country’s snap federal election. The ...

AfD has almost doubled its support since 2021 because of voter dissatisfaction with Scholz’s coalition government, says ...

Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious ... Merz of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Demonstrations drew large crowds in Aachen, Augsburg ...

Last night’s German election continues the global story of the collapse of the 20th century’s stable two-party system.

Many protesters focused on CDU candidate for German Chancellor Friedrich ... Merz — the front-runner in Germany's election on February 23rd — broke a long-standing pledge to not cooperate ...

Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest the conservative Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU ...

With the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, residents in Munich tell Tom Watling of the horror of suffering ...

(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) FILE —Participants in a protest under the slogan “Human ... the Bundestag approved a CDU/CSU ...

Germany has, however, maintained a relatively open-door policy for migrants. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU/CSU party declared in 2015: “Wir schaffen das!” or “We can do it!” and welcomed ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a ...