Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle ...

He told ARD television on Sunday that “the situation has once again escalated dramatically in recent weeks” and that ...

Germany is home to the largest number of asylum seekers among the EU member states. But a growing political shift to the ...

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the ... the far right will continue to exploit it. If centre-left parties want to regain their relevance, they must confront and analyse their electoral ...

This is the English edition of the Europe Express weekend newsletter. You can find a German-language version here. Welcome back — herzlich Willkommen zurück! After ...

Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

Friedrich Merz, who has no previous experience in office, is set to become Germany's chancellor with Europe's largest economy ailing, its society split over migration and its security caught between a ...