BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in what is likely to be a confrontational term after a ...

Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), filed a complaint on Monday with the constitutional court ...

Angela Merkel is staying on as interim German chancellor after ... Chancellor Angela Merkel called for new elections. John Yang talks to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia… ...

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending - a seismic shift for the country ...

Between Russian President Vladimir Putin’s growing aggression and the change to a new and more volatile U.S. administration, the news of another divisive German election was greeted with deep ...

The German president paid tribute to the merits of ... paving the way for the early election. Although an election had been planned for later in 2025 meaning that Scholz' chancellorship failed ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his cabinet were officially dismissed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday ...

President Thomas Bach, who has been more lenient with Russia, likely prefers another candidate to Coe heading toward the Los Angeles games in 2028 ...

anti-immigration party doubled in strength in last month's election. The post of speaker — in protocol terms Germany's second-highest, behind the president and ahead of the chancellor ...