Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

Explore the controversial impact of Germany's "Debt Break" - a radical economic rule limiting government spending. Discover why this policy, designed to prevent debt crises, is now blamed for ...

An air kiss between first lady Melania Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit in 2019 has created waves on social media ...

Germany has a complicated system in which voters get two votes, one for the candidate in their own constituency, and another for a party's electoral list. There's also a minimum 5% threshold for a ...

The brake - part of Germany's response to the 2009 financial crisis under former chancellor Angela Merkel - limits the ...

German nationals are heading to the ballots on February 23, with the country's current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, down in ...

Its economic model is broken, its self-confidence shattered and its political landscape fractured. Europe’s former growth ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

The deeper rot in German governance will require more fundamental reforms than any coalition is likely to deliver.

The most likely outcome of Sunday’s German election would see Berlin play a more assertive role on the European stage – if at ...

Founded in 2013, the AfD is controversial for its hardline on migration and asylum-seekers, with frequent rows surrounding ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...