Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

German voters picked Conservative party head Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Populist far-right parties are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream, bringing their climate skepticism with ...

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second in Germany’s parliamentary election on 23 February, with 21% of the vote and ...

The victory of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz was met with relief in Ukraine. The ...

President Donald Trump's successful runs that prioritized halting illegal immigration have had an effect on international ...

While the newly-elected Chancellor’s intentions aim to bolster national sovereignty, the transition towards reduced U.S.

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...