Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the early euphoria of reunification, enduring economic inequalities between East and West have hollowed out support for Germany’s major ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD ...

Maps show how every district in Germany voted. The conservative Christian Democrats have won the most seats while the ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Explore the complete list of German Chancellors from 1871 to today, including their tenures, political parties, and key ...

Christian Lindner triggered early elections last fall with a move meant to save his party. It brought chaos at an inopportune ...

While the positions of Bundestag members on North Korea are divided, their assessment of the South Korean insurrection ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

What is certain is that Germany must focus on ensuring its own effective defenses, preferably in close cooperation with other ...

When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, the news was met by many in Europe with both stunned surprise and guarded optimism.