CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...

Friedrich Merz’s reluctance to reform the debt brake and flirtation with the far-right have come back to bite him.

Merz has four to five years not just to breathe new life into his party, but to ensure the country’s traditional political ...

I knew I had to visit the home of Bismarck to properly appreciate his position in German history. I also visited Germany when ...

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.

Merz aims to shift Europe away from US dependence, but rising far-right pressure and geopolitical tensions could complicate ...

Moritz Warnke writes that snap elections saw stunning gains for left and right, while Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken ...

Germany could reform and be the powerhouse of Europe. But we can't force it to. It's Germany's choice, not ours.

In the recent federal elections the far-right AfD was able to reach sections of the working class on issues over which the ...

A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...

Germany’s next leader, conservative Friedrich Merz, has raised the alarm over European defence but the clock is ticking for ...

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