If Merz cannot unite the CDU and SPD, the AfD’s strategy of forcing conservatives to co-operate with them could succeed ...

In May Merz became the first postwar chancellor to stumble into power on the second vote when he failed to secure an absolute ...

Critics of the German far-right party say that the AfD is still far from having any real influence, as none of the other ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto ...

For eight years, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has used the Bundestag as a launch pad for ...

A serious rift broke out Friday within Germany’s coalition government over the appointment of new judges to the ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has been in power for two months now. If you believe the opposition, they are doing a ...

In an era marked by open confrontation between NATO and Russia, Germany finds itself at the epicenter of both the military ...

An impassioned debate involving abortion and a plagiarism allegation underscores the German coalition’s relative fragility.

The number of reprimands issued in the Bundestag reached its highest postwar level during the last parliament. Two-thirds of ...

Germany’s Bundestag debated the national budget on Wednesday and the far-right AfD party leapt at the chance to blame immigrants for feeding off the welfare state. The data, however, suggests that the ...