The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social ...

Under election law, parties must obtain a minimum of 5% of second (party) votes before it can claim representation in ...

The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters ...

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what ...

Germany has expanded wind and solar energy but failed to cut back on fossil fuel use in the transport sector. Environmental issues did not feature prominently the election campaign — unlike the last ...