A lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) says he has taken legal action to prevent special parliamentary sessions that are being convened to push through a massive spending plan ...

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics Podcast, Carl Cannon spoke with historian and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Liana Fix about the recent election results in Germany, where the mainstream ...

The 144-page coalition deal signed last week between Germany's conservative CDU/CSU political union and the centre-left Social Democrats outlines steps to address “disinformation” and “targeted ...

In August and September 2025, posts online claimed that over the course of two weeks, several members of the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a major victory in Sunday’s German elections, according to official results, putting her in position to serve a third term as chancellor after negotiations ...

Though a relief for the governing coalition, the far-right Alternative for Germany nearly tripled its vote share in North Rhine-Westphalia versus five years ago. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz‘s party finished first in municipal polls in Germany’s most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz’s government took ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took power was ...