As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

German voters head to the polls with conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz promising a rightward shift. The far-right AfD, fueled by fears of asylum ...

Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections, amid fears that far-right sentiment rising while migration policies sit at ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down ...

Suppressing dissent from what elites regard as ‘acceptable’ policies is the route to undermining democracy.

These are the key political figures in Germany's elections on Sunday - and likely the biggest players in the coalition ...