The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?

The SPD, the current leaders in the national parliament, have lost 12.2 points since the last federal election, and are currently in third place. Germany has two centrist, “big-tent” parties ...

And it’s all to play for. The große Koalition — “grand coalition,” or GroKo for short — is one of Germany’s classic government constellations, consisting of the conservatives and the SPD. Germany has ...

Another unlikely three-way combination could be the "Germany" coalition of CDU/CSU, SPD and FDP, named after the black, red and gold colours of the German flag. It would be hard for the FDP and ...

Thirty-five percent named the CDU/CSU, only 17% would like to see another SPD-led coalition, while 11% said they favor a government led by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and 9% favor ...

Another unlikely three-way combination could be the "Germany" coalition of CDU/CSU, SPD and FDP, named after the black, red and gold colours of the German flag. It would be hard for the FDP and ...

Or is he, like the outgoing technocrat Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats (SPD), content to preside over the decline of Germany and the ... cosy trade deals with China, plus the eurozone ...

of the Social Democrats (SPD), faced off Sunday evening in the first major debate two weeks ahead of Germany's Bundestag election. The conservative bloc of the CDU and allied Bavarian Christian ...

the SPD wants to reduce bureaucracy to speed up housing construction, with funding allocated to construct social housing. The party also wants to use a new public-private "Germany Fund" - to ...