Three trends, each a source of grave concern for Germans, form the backdrop to Sunday’s Bundestag elections: an uncertain, ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, doubling its result from last time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost a lot, their coalition partner the Greens a ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...

In their final debate before the federal elections, Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz discussed the economy, migration and public safety in Germany. Follow DW for the latest. With just four days to ...

Then, in a speech in Munich last week, 10 days before Sunday’s vote, US Vice President JD Vance attacked the so-called “firewall” Germany’s mainstream parties have maintained against the ...

Mr. Böhmermann is a German satirist and a comedian. Germany is a world champion at confronting its own history. Through memorial after memorial, the country has attempted to atone for its ...

One poll last September ranked Scholz as the least popular German chancellor since reunification. Scholz’s popularity was so low that just before the election season kicked into full swing ...

PHOTOS: Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election Germany is a traditional leader of the 27-nation EU and the bloc’s most populous member ...

Berlin (AFP) – Stories of a pre-election state of emergency, police escorts for toddlers and forged ballot papers -- a blizzard of online disinformation has targeted German voters ahead of ...

Berlin—Even before German federal elections were scheduled to take place this Sunday (February 23), the outcome seemed predictable. Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian ...

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set to ... According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for the governing ...

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election ... completely reshape the world map' With European peace and security looming large in the minds of German voters, frontrunner Friedrich ...