Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz is congratulated by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag ...
As Germany gears up for general elections next Sunday, migration has crystallised as a top concern among voters. Two weeks ago, a debate in German parliament sparked nationwide protests after ...
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right ...
When the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) deplores the state of the country, it often also portrays itself as a victim: a victim of the intelligence agencies for investigating it for ...
In the year leading up to Germany’s February elections, the far-right party Alternative for Germany was rising fast in the polls. It would ultimately increase its seats in the Bundestag from 76 to 152 ...
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls. By Clay Risen Reporting from Berlin Ever since the German ...
BERLIN — In an address to commemorate Kristallnacht — the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier last month offered a solution for the resurgence of right-wing ...