Late last week, large-scale protests broke out across Germany against right-wing parties, with the largest demonstrations occurring in Munich, Bavaria, where over 200,000 people gathered ...

Germany has a complicated system: voters get two votes, one for the candidate in their own constituency, and another for a party's electoral list. There's also a minimum 5% threshold for a party to ...

It is the first time the Hungarian prime minister is hosting a politician from the far-right German party. The two share an ...

Friedrich Merz, front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, warned that Europe must be united in foreign, security and ...

Two weeks ago, a debate in German parliament sparked nationwide protests after Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader ...

Outside a disused lamp factory in the southeastern German village of Rott am Inn, four mannequins, including one holding a ...

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election ...

In the run-up to Germany's February election, some experts worry climate action is being pitted against the economy. What risks could this have for both? And does it make sense to play them off ...

US President Donald Trump is sending his vice president, JD Vance, to the Munich Security Conference. It could be an uncomfortable meeting for the Europeans.

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

While the Christian Democrat camp is comfortably leading in the polls, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...