Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
CDU has limited options for forming government by shutting out second-place Alternative for Germany
The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them ...
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Germany's CDU calls on SPD 'to take responsibility' for Germany
A senior member of Germany's conservative bloc has called on the Social Democrats to put party interests behind those of the ...
Key energy and output data to track as Germany charts economic revival
Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...
Here are the key positions of Germany’s likely coalition parties
An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...
Germany's conservatives declare victory in Berlin. Now the hard work begins
A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...
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Germany’s Governance Test After Far-Right Electoral Surge
Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...
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Portrait of a divided Germany
The election results in Germany are clearer than they have been in a long time. CDU/CSU will emerge as the strongest party ...