Germany's conservative bloc has sparked tension with its potential coalition partner by launching an inquiry into state ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc is questioning the political neutrality of some NGOs. That could weigh on relations with its potential Social Democrat coalition partners.

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

AfD has almost doubled its support since 2021 because of voter dissatisfaction with Scholz’s coalition government, says ...

German are voting for their next parliament and, ultimately, government on Sunday in the country’s snap federal election. The ...

For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...

But the move has prompted protests across Germany, with demonstrators accusing Merz and his ... kicked off her party's heated election campaign with the attacks on the CDU/CSU and the AfD. "The old ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

One week out from Germany's general election, tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin to protest the growing support ...

The man likely to lead Germany's next government ... Mass rallies saw tens of thousands of protesters holding signs with slogans such as "Shame on you, CDU" and "We are the firewall." ...

(Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP) Germany's conservative election ... At Monday's CDU party congress in Berlin - where protesters again rallied outside the venue, holding signs calling the ...