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There is a telling rumor in Berlin political circles. Upon his appointment as leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.
Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...
The CDU and SPD have governed Germany together in the past, most recently in three of the four terms of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led the country from 2005 to 2021. It is not the first ...
The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...
Vice chancellor, finance minister, co-leader of Germany's oldest party, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD): This week, Lars Klingbeil becomes one of Germany's most powerful politicians.
Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally designated the Alternative for Germany party as extremist, a move likely ...