According to the preliminary results of the Bundestag, or parliamentary, elections, the extreme right-wing party Alternative ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Wednesday drew a chorus of criticism, including from his ...

Germany’s economy had stalled. In 2024, German GDP was 0.2 percent lower than in the previous year, and forecasts for 2025 ...

Populist far-right parties are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream, bringing their climate skepticism with ...

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second in Germany’s parliamentary election on 23 February, with 21% of the vote and ...

Friedrich Merz, the winner of the election and next Chancellor of Germany has shown strong commitment to the Jewish community and Israel, and shares a warm relationship with the Rabbi of Berlin, Rabbi ...

His drastic departure from 75 years of U.S. foreign policy took the shape of a triple whammy. The second stroke came when the ...