The German public has long been accustomed to Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder ruffling feathers with his remarks. The outspoken head of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party often ...

Voters in two states in eastern Germany have given the country's largest far-right party their best results since the country's Nazi era. And while they were just regional elections, their results ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, had a very successful night in two states, despite its state chapters’ classification as “extremist” by German domestic intelligence. By Christopher F.

ERFURT, Germany (AP) — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to ...

Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger traveled for three days ...

When it comes to tackling bureaucracy, why stop at just a measure or two? Premiers of Germany's 16 states want to go further — so they drafted a 200-point plan to ease the country's bureaucratic ...