German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Maassen has been repeatedly accused of using antisemitic codes, ranting about 'globalists,' a 'new world order,' or an ...

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his ...

The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election said Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important ...

Extremely popular’ head of state and IMF boss was ‘virtually unknown’ before achieving ‘great things’ for Germany, says ...

The hardline party has ‘an increasing influence on public opinion’, say analysts, as voters prioritise migration.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...