Most of the time, German parties come to power in states and nationally by forming coalitions. As long as the firewall holds, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has drawn level with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the ...

UPDATE (Feb. 23, 2025, 4:10 p.m. ET): As of Sunday afternoon, exit polls project the center-right CDU party has garnered the ...

Ahead of a series of key state elections, one conservative premier’s decision to step aside is intended to prevent the AfD ...

Lawmakers in an eastern German state have elected a new governor as mainstream parties try to prevent a victory for the ...

Germany's conservatives are projected to win the national election on Sunday while the controversial far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party records its best-ever results in an election, exit ...

A far-right German political party that includes leaders who have spoken well of Nazis won a state election Sunday for the first time since World War II — and came in a close second in another race.

BERLIN, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The parliament of the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt elected Economy Minister Sven Schulze ...