A month before Germany’s federal election, chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival of embracing populism and far-right extremists to secure power.

BERLIN — With Germany’s election less than a month away, center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown cold water on the prospect of reviving the country’s traditional grand coalition — bluntly declaring that he “can’t trust” conservative leader Friedrich Merz anymore.

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.

Shock after motion passed with far-right support for first time, charges brought against man who threw firework into Berlin apartment, Germany cuts its economic forecast for 2025 and more news this Thursday.

Germany’s most powerful labor union and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats slammed US billionaire Elon Musk’s increasingly fervent support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany party less than four weeks before snap elections.

Germany’s election campaign heats up as CDU leader Friedrich Merz indicates potential cooperation with the far-right AfD to push for stricter immigration policies, challenging the political “firewall” against right-wing populists.

An angry pre-election showdown on immigration flared in Germany's parliament Wednesday as the conservative opposition said it would accept support from lawmakers of the far-right AfD, breaching a long-standing taboo.

The Budget Committee of the German Parliament has called on Finance Minister Jörg Kukies to approve an additional €3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine. The decision has been supported by opposition conservatives and the Free Democratic Party,

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy through the Bundestag which abrogates fundamental constitutional principles and European law.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off on Wednesday in a dramatic showdown over migration policy, as lawmakers prepared to vote on measures that could pass with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The intervention of wealthy businessmen in politics has become a familiar phenomenon, but the support of American billionaire Elon Musk for the right-wing German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is disgusting,