The former GDR, a stronghold of the AfD, and Vienna, where the extremists won in September, avoided taking responsibility for ...

After its historic election defeat, Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) plans to elect its new leadership at a party ...

Despite being a long-standing transatlanticist, Merz has emphasized the need for more European independence from the United ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc questions the political neutrality of some non-governmental organizations. That could weigh on relations with the center-left Social Democrats, their potential ...

A car driven into a crowd in southwest Germany on Monday killed two people, authorities said, adding they had arrested a 40-year-old German man after the incident. “Two people died from their injuries ...

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) have said they will not appear at traditional Ash Wednesday events as they ...

The prospect of an unprecedented post-war military spending boom by Germany sent Europe's defence socks soaring on Monday ...

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will not appear at traditional events to mark Ash Wednesday as they focus ...

A week after a historic low at national polls, the Social Democrats (SPD) of Germany's largely unpopular caretaker Chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

Talking to voters about the many non-conspiracy reasons they vote for a far-right party can help break "the glass door." ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.