Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri ...

Alice fuer Deutschland' (Alice for Germany) chanted supporters as far-right leader Alice Weidel addressed an election rally ...

Heated rhetoric and divisive questions raise concerns about the fragility of democracy amid US-style politics.

The AfD has won new support in western states from voters frustrated by Germany's weak economy, seeking curbs on migration, ...

The entire campaign for this month’s federal election is a repulsive spectacle. All the parties in the Bundestag (parliament) ...

In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question ...

Similarities to MAGA are skin deep. The party’s leaders prefer closer ties with Russia, not the U.S.

The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social ...

Germany is headed for elections later this month after its coalition collapse late last year. Here is a guide to the ...

Vice President J.D. Vance sent shock waves with a speech in Munich that called out Europe, and more specifically Germany, for ...

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...