Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, in an election which is being closely watched across Europe and in the United States.Polling stations opened their doors at 8am local time (7am UK), with ...

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

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

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

Europe's anchor nation is on the line Sunday as German voters pick between AfD, CDU and SDP for the next Bundestag and ...

Immigration is the defining issue not only of the Feb. 23 election, where AfD has a strong foothold, but the entirety of ...

Overall, 4,506 candidates, with almost a third of them women, are vying for 630 seats in the Bundestag. About 59.2 million Germans eligible to vote will shape the new German parliament. Following the ...

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 ...

BERLIN — (AP) — Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the ...

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