German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party suffered heavy losses in two key regional elections Sunday, early estimates showed, as voters vented anger over pandemic setbacks and a face-mask procurement scandal.
Germany's conservative CDU party will pick a new leader on Saturday from three candidates: moderate Armin Laschet,
arch-conservative Friedrich Merz and outsider Norbert Röttgen.
Mainstream parties have ruled out working with the far-right AfD. But now CDU officials in Thuringia say talks with the anti-immigration party shouldn't be ruled out. Is the tide turning?
Exactly five voters saved the FDP (Free Democrats) from a new electoral flap, and made Thuringia the only east German state where the liberal party has parliamentary representation.
With a double-digit score across Europe's biggest countries including a stunning 20 percent in Germany, the Greens bagged record gains in European elections on Sunday with younger voters leading calls for action to halt global warming.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's fragile coalition took a fresh knock on Sunday with historic low scores at European elections, exit polls showed, raising questions on whether it could survive the latest body blow.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right bloc was leading in European elections in Germany, exit polls showed Sunday, but the score was shaping out to be a historic low, while the Greens recorded a surge.
Bremen, Germany’s smallest state, goes to the polls on Sunday in a regional election, that’s set to see the Social Democrats continue their downfall. Why can’t the party pull itself together?
An EU-themed hoodie designed by a Berlin street-wear label has become the it-garment for German politicians signalling a stance against nationalist forces in European Parliament elections.
The European Parliament election is coming up next month. But are you eligible to vote in Germany or your home country? And what does the process involve? We break it down for you.
Chemical firms in Germany will urge their hundreds of thousands of employees to get out and vote in European Parliament elections next month, as a show against populism and for the EU.
More than 10,000 Brits living in Berlin still haven’t registered for a residence permit ahead of Brexit, official information provided to The Local revealed.
As the UK parliament gets ready to debate a vote of no confidence on Wednesday evening after MPs voted against Theresa May's Brexit deal by a huge majority, we look at what Germany has to say.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that her role as the most powerful woman in Germany should not let society off the hook for the small proportion of women in politics.
Bavarians will go to the polls on Sunday in what commentators predict will be a "historic" election that will send shockwaves throughout Germany. We have a handy guide to explain what's happening.
A German far-right deputy was slapped with a €1,000 fine on Wednesday for tweeting a picture of his secret ballot, in which he voted against a fourth term for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The SPD started a membership ballot Tuesday on whether to again govern under Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives after an opinion poll showed them trailing the
far-right AfD for the first time.
Germany's parliament voted after a heated debate on Thursday to resume family reunions for temporary refugees from mid-year but sharply restrict the number of relatives arriving at 1,000 a month.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, freshly re-elected but with no clear majority, is hoping for a regional poll victory on Sunday for her conservatives before she starts perilous coalition talks next
week.
