The reason for stiffing the AfD on real estate is the usual threat of fascism. The SPD has nicknamed its large hall Otto Weis ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -A series of closely fought elections, the war in Gaza and deepening political polarisation helped drive the ...

The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society ...

The U.S. president and his policies have loomed large in elections in Australia, Canada, Germany, Greenland and elsewhere.

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

The cordon sanitaire around the AfD necessitated an alliance with the anti-conservative SPD, even though voters had roundly repudiated the party in the most recent election. During the campaign, Merz ...

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced well-known election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after it ...

The arrest of Guanipa, a 60-year-old former MP and close ally of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, comes amid rising ...

Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) is set to meet on Friday to appoint its new leadership, months after its catastrophic ...

Germany was long a beacon of stability in Europe, its politics often reassuringly boring. "Germany and Europe need a strong leader in the German chancellor's office," said economist Holger Schmieding ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic ...