Last year the Green Party suffered the humiliation of being ejected from the Saarland state parliament before limping in last in the national election. 12 months later they scored a stunning success in the Bavarian state election, a feat they are set to repeat on Sunday in Hesse. What explains this remarkable turnaround?
The head of Forsa, one of Germany’s most recognised polling institutes, has suggested that the Green Party can replace the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as the country’s second largest political force.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer's popularity has nosedived among voters, suggesting his explosive spat with Chancellor Angela Merkel over migration may have backfired.
Germans voted in a general election on Sunday expected to hand Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term while the hard-right nationalist AfD party is tipped to make history by winning its first seats in the national parliament.
A poll published on Tuesday shows that just under two-thirds of Germans do not want Chancellor Angela Merkel to run for office again in elections next year.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's party risks a drubbing at key state elections Sunday as voters punish the German leader for her liberal refugee policy, while the right-wing populist AfD eyes major gains as it scoops up the protest vote.
Germany's upstart anti-euro party could capture seats in parliament in Sunday's general election and scupper Chancellor Angela Merkel's chances of holding on to her centre-right coalition, a poll on Thursday indicated.
Half of Germans have never pulled a sicky, figures released on Sunday revealed. But there was a big difference between different parts of the country, with Berliners cheating their bosses by skipping the most work days.
Financially independent, smart women trump beauty when German men look for partners, a study released on Wednesday suggested. This has meant the country's young adults delay starting a family – and not always out of choice.
Germans reckon the baby drought is because it's simply just too expensive to start a family - and people worry about disrupting their careers or losing their independence, a poll released on Thursday suggested.
For many, watching television is all about the size of the screen and the sharpest image rather than mobile access. Only one in four Germans told a poll released on Thursday they want TV channels on their smartphone.
Germany is the most popular country in the world, according to a poll released on Tuesday asking people to rate the positive and negative influence of 16 major nations.
A wide-ranging new opinion poll by a respected US research centre has found that Germany is the only country where a majority still believe in transferring more power to the European Union to tackle the euro crisis.
One in five Germans would like to see the monarchy restored, according to a survey released on Thursday. Young Germans were even keener on replacing the president with a new Kaiser.
A new anti-euro party in Germany scored three percent in a poll on Tuesday, a marginal result but an election-year wild card as Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition rules with a narrow lead.
Almost 70 percent of Germans now favour the euro, and only 27 percent would prefer to ditch the common currency and return to the once-beloved deutschmark, a survey published on Tuesday found.
Chancellor Angela Merkel remains Germany's most popular politician as the country prepares for September elections, a poll for public television station ARD said on Thursday.
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens are enjoying a boost in national support after a state election victory in Lower Saxony, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.
Whatever German women are watching on television is apparently so fascinating that more than half say they would go without sex for a year rather than turn off the box for that long.
Nearly one in nine German children go without essentials such as warm food or somewhere to do their homework, despite living in one of Europe's richest countries, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Tuesday.
Germany’s nascent Pirate Party has overtaken the Greens to become the nation's third strongest political force, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
Two thirds of Germans voiced doubt in a poll published Friday that heavily-indebted Greece is serious in its commitment to pare down its spending in order to receive a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are flying high in a new opinion poll, which shows them garnering their best result since her beleaguered centre-right coalition took power in 2009.
