As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

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The Christian Democrats have vividly demonstrated that they will not be dissuaded from embracing the Alternative for Germany ...

The representatives of the Evangelical and Catholic Churches in Germany jointly wrote to members of parliament to express ...

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, stumbled in his bid to end Social Democrat-Greens ...

These are dramatic days in the usually dull world of German politics. Last Wednesday, midway through a fiercely fought ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

Germany's Merz faced a firestorm over the weekend after he broke a longstanding taboo for dealing with the far right ...

Germany's conservatives doubled down on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict immigration on Friday, but failed to pass a contentious bill after a day of jeers and ...

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