Once the great hope of the European climate movement, Germany’s Greens are now confronting their relative powerlessness.

The German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is convening as coalition talks between the SPD and CDU continue. Lawmakers tipped the CDU's Julia Klöckner as president of the chamber.

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

The German election on February 23 saw a record-breaking voter turnout of 82.5%, according to the Federal Election Commission. That's a significant increase from 76.6% in 2021, and the highest ...

BERLIN — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized ...

Talking to voters about the many non-conspiracy reasons they vote for a far-right party can help break "the glass door." ...

This is a bitter defeat for trade unions. On the contrary, a public polling held “after” Germany’s 2021 federal election and ...

"The result made us smile," said party co-chair Saskia Esken. The SPD's 25.7% share in Germany's last federal election in 2021, now seems to have been an anomaly. Back then, opinion polls had put ...

Germany’s previous coalition government ... climate only ranked fifth with 13% support compared to 22% in the 2021 election. A reduced climate focus can be seen as an explanation for the Greens ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for ...

In December, when the German government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost the confidence of the Bundestag, it sparked a general election. It also provoked the fear of a deepening international ...

At age 28 he stood for the Christian Democrats (CDU) in February's election ... constituency in northern Germany for more than 30 years until her retirement in 2021, when it went to a young ...