Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...

THE right-wing Christian Democrat Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz came first in Sunday’s national election in Germany. The ...

Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, in an election which is being closely watched across Europe and in the United ...

Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals for strict new immigration rules, which were supported by the partly ...

For a long time, Germany had something the rest of Europe seemed to lack: die Brandmauer – a firewall against the far right. Not a law, not a constitutional clause, just a clear consensus among major ...

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.

Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany's unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...

Angry protesters came out in droves in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig on Sunday to oppose Friedrich Merz and the move by his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to pass a resolution in ...

Frontrunner for chancellor expresses doubts over US Nato commitments, with the far-right AfD set for its best result ...