The Bundestag election has entered an entirely new phase due to the political shift within the Union parties in the final ...

Immigration and the economy are the topics that dominate the political debate in the run-up to the general election on ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

Germans call in sick for over 20 days per year, much more than workers in other EU countries, which has prompted a radical ...

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) gained three percentage points after refusing to support a divisive bill on migration put forward by the conservatives and backed by a ...

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, left, and CSU leader Markus Seder attend the 37th ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...