After years of large influence, NGOs will face headwinds under a new CDU/CSU-led government. Berlin – Germay's Christian ...
One week out from Germany's general election, tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin to protest the growing support ...
Germany’s establishment leaders have long ... extinguished the firewall and given in to Nazis. I attended a protest outside CDU headquarters in Berlin the day after I left Thuringia, and felt ...
The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns ...
AfD has almost doubled its support since 2021 because of voter dissatisfaction with Scholz’s coalition government, says ...
Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...
For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured approximately 20.8% of the vote in the 2025 elections, becoming the second-largest ...
German are voting for their next parliament and, ultimately, government on Sunday in the country’s snap federal election. The ...
Germany has, however, maintained a relatively open-door policy for migrants. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU/CSU party declared in 2015: “Wir schaffen das!” or “We can do it!” and welcomed ...
Protesters held signs with flames drawn on them, accusing the CDU of possible cooperation with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Merz has denied wanting to cooperate with the AfD.