Germany's Social Democratic Party says first legal steps should be taken to ban the far-right AfD party as unconstitutional.

The humiliation of Merz and his shaky CDU-SPD government must have provided grim satisfaction to the AfD’s voters and leaders. Just four days earlier, on May 2, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency ...

Julia Klöckner was seen as a surprise choice for Bundestag president — a role that traditionally requires a calm and neutral ...

AfD Co-Chairwoman Alice Weidel celebrated the development in a post on X. “For the first time in the AfD’s short history, we are the strongest party in Germany.

The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

Friedrich Merz set to become Germany's Chancellor following coalition agreement between CDU and SPD. The deal outlines economic priorities while keeping the far-right AfD out of government.

Support for Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which won the February 23 election, fell by five percentage points to 24% while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained three points to land on 25% ...

Van Aken, one of the leaders of the Left Party, wrote the action paper proposing expanded Hitzefrei provisions in Germany. The Greens have expressed support for this proposal, while the CDU/CSU and ...

Germany's Greens are warning against symbolic gestures in response to the threat posed by the far-right Alternative for ...

Lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunification rights for refugees who do not hold full asylum status. Meanwhile, as ...

Berlin considers strengthening investment screening powers to stop any future investors reactivating gas pipelines ...

Deutschland ticket could be scrapped this year, businesses and schools receive a financial boost, and more news from Germany ...