This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

Germans went to the polls Sunday in a pivotal election, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a far-right surge and the dramatic return of US President Donald Trump.

Although Germany has rarely handed an absolute majority to any candidate, Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz's ...

If the far-right AfD performs well in Germany's national elections, it could have major implications for the EU.

Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question of why the ...

The AfD’s rise remains a significant concern in German politics, with mainstream parties working to prevent its integration ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as ...

As a former businessman, Trump sees things from the perspective of profitable deals. Sanctions have hit Russia, but American ...

Germany is the most populous country in the 27-nation European Union and a leading member of NATO. It has been Ukraine’s biggest second-weapons supplier, after the U.S. It will be central to shaping ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Polling stations opened at 8am (7am GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit ...