The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is expected to come second in line, ahead of Scholz's Social Democratic ...

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published ...

Under election law, parties must obtain a minimum of 5% of second (party) votes before it can claim representation in ...

Migrants who have settled in the German city of Magdeburg say they have experienced a sharp increase in racism and ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

In Germany's crucial election, Friedrich Merz’s centre-right CDU leads, with far-right AfD set for its best postwar result.

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that is expected to restore power to Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, while the ...

Germans voted in a closely watched general election, with nearly 60 million people eligible to exercise their democratic ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

The Oxford Student considers the impact of three serious crises of democracy our globe will continue to face in 2025 ...

Germany holds elections after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" ...