Germany's center-right parties and the far-right AfD are now polling neck and neck, the latest INSA survey showed. The CDU/CSU alliance is in advanced talks to form a new coalition with the ...

A counter-demonstration in front of an AfD information stand in Hanover, Germany in 2024. (Photo: Bernd Schwabe/Wikimedia Commons) During the recent parliamentary election campaign on February 23 ...

A new opinion poll shows the likely future Chancellor Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU party losing support even ...

Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the other party in the coalition talks, should step up to preserve the EU Due Diligence Directive. Founded to protect workers’ rights, the SPD has long backed ...

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats sounded upbeat as they began what should ...

German defence spending has been given a huge boost. A historic plan that will release billions of euros of extra investment for defence and infrastructure was rubber-stamped today. The package ...

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March 19 (UPI) --The government of Germany on Wednesday updated travel guidance for people traveling to the United States after three of its citizens were detained in an attempt to enter "the land ...

In light of the ongoing care crisis in Germany, the CDU Seniors' Union has made a strong appeal for significant reforms aimed at supporting family caregivers. These caregivers, who often tend to sick ...

Germany's parliament has approved an historic package of spending and debt limit reforms, potentially clearing the way for a massive boost in defence and infrastructure spending for Europe's ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate ...