In September the German approach to the hard right will face a stern test in two state elections. The vote in Saxony-Anhalt ...

Political parties will be holding final campaigns ahead of a local election in North Rhine-Westphalia. The poll is being seen locally as the first test of Friedrich Merz's coalition government. DW has ...

Michael Heaver analyzes the AfD's gains in Germany's mayoral elections, highlighting its impact on the political landscape ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took power was ...

Left-wing firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht takes a back seat as country debates military service and main Protestant church ...

Election campaign posters for (from L) the Free Democrats (FDP), the Left Party (Die Linke), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party (Die Gruenen), and the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is warning Syrian refugees to return to their country or else face deportation. The center-right leader said that following the end of the nation’s civil war, the ...