Stories of a pre-election state of emergency, police escorts for toddlers and forged ballot papers -- a blizzard of online ...

Germany’s rocky path towards Sunday’s early elections began when the outgoing coalition government collapsed on November 6, ...

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Sunday as the winning party will almost ...

Can you express your opinion freely in Germany? Yes, but not unconditionally. Rules on speech are stricter in Germany than, ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has seen a surge in popularity, even drawing support from tech billionaire Elon ...

Last month, Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the likely next Chancellor, introduced tougher migration policies that passed with AfD support. The backlash ...

G ERMANY’S DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY has classified part of the AfD, founded in 2013, as extremist, warning that it is a ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.

BERLIN - Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...