But Germany’s voting system is notoriously complex, making it difficult for many to digest the results as they roll in on ...

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of Europe's biggest economy.

Germany’s electoral system rarely produces absolute majorities, and no party looks anywhere near one this time. It’s expected that two or more parties will form a coalition, following ...

in this election that would be required under Germany's electoral system to form a new government on its own. Instead, parties must negotiate alliances to form a government, with the party that ...

The country's proportional voting system, and the decades ... and its emergence as a serious electoral force is "acutely sensitive because of Germany's Nazi past", said Sky News' Boulton.

Unlike other governments, such as the US, coalitions are a natural part of German politics. An electoral system known as proportional representation, established after World War II, makes it ...

Germany's constitutional court rejected a complaint by the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance challenging the national election ...

Germany's electoral system rarely gives any party an absolute majority and opinion polls suggest that no party is anywhere near one this time. The country has no tradition of minority governments ...

Almost 60 million voters in Germany are called to the ballot boxes on Sunday to elect a new Bundestag, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) poised to emerge as the ...

But Germany’s voting system is notoriously complex, making it difficult for many to digest the results as they roll in on election night. This year, a newly reformed electoral law designed to shrink a ...