Gregor Gysi will kick off the first session of the new Bundestag when it convenes on Tuesday, March 25. The 77-year-old leftist is free to decide on the content and length of his speech.

Germany's Green Party, founded in 1980 with an environmentalist and pacifist platform, is now a coalition partner in the federal government.

One leader said he would seriously think of packing his proverbial “suitcase in the attic” if the party were to be part of a governing coalition in any German state. (JTA) — Jewish leaders ...

IF Sara Duterte, her kin and her political allies who are in The Hague right now were observant and curious enough, they ...

The federal election was disastrous for Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Voters have been fleeing it in droves. Its recent victory in Hamburg isn't isn't improving the mood.The ...

After years of decline and internal strife, Germany’s left-wing party is finding new life. Grace Blakeley talks to the organizers behind Die Linke’s surprising growth. Jan van Aken, Die Linke party ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into ...

Die Linke co-leader Ines Schwerdtner, the party's leading candidate Heidi Reichinnek and Jan van Aken, the other co-leader, react to the results of the party's parliamentary elections in Berlin on ...

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Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) wants to abolish the country’s one-year crypto-holding tax exemptions and replace them with a capital income tax of 30% on all crypto profits. That’s according ...