The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

Matthias Miersch, leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), has expressed confidence that incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz will reconsider ...

Though voters gave rightist parties a majority, Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are teaming up with the ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a ...