The German parliament has held a special session for the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. The far-right AfD ...

Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party’s candidate for chancellor, is flagging in the polls, and he seems to be dragging the party down with him.

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

Germany’s proposed reclassification of Morocco as a “safe country of origin” has ignited fierce political debate in Berlin, with critics accusing Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government of bypassing ...

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block of votes in ...

The CDU/CSU union pushed for postponing the vote on one of the judges, citing plagiarism suspicions. The union's junior ...

While judges often have open party affiliations, public disagreements over hot-button cultural issues are rare. It members ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

After the German federal government break-up in November 2024 and the new elections in February 2025, the political parties – Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)/ Christian Social Union ...

Leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Friedrich Merz, is congratulated by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament ...

Friedrich Merz is expected to become Germany’s next leader after the center-right Christian Democratic Union and the center-left Social Democrats reached a deal to form a new German government.

Germany is not on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons,' says government spokesman following call from Chancellor Friedrich ...