a nearly 10-point drop from their first-place finish in 2021. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged a “bitter” defeat, saying “the election result is poor and I bear responsibility”. Germany’s ...

The election was originally scheduled for 28 September, but was dramatically pulled forward after Social Democrat Chancellor ...

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

Merz's Union bloc, which has led the opposition since 2021, won Sunday's election, in which the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany took second place. The only plausible choice of ...

The SPD, which came top in the last election in 2021, has sunk to the third place with just 16.2% of the vote. The leader of the Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) youth wing, known as the Young ...

Turnout is typically high in German elections. The final turnout figure in the 2021 election was 76.4%. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition was an alliance of the Social Democrats, Greens and ...

France's influential opposition leader, Marine Le Pen, whose party is also considered far-right, has distanced herself from the AfD on the European stage, apparently judging its positions and ...