Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government face being voted out of office next week, as Germany heads to the polls in an election dominated by Ukraine, energy prices and the rise of the far right.

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost certainly have to form a ...

BERLIN - Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will ...

Here is a summary of the most likely coalitions and the compromises that will be necessary to reach agreement: A so-called ...

Germany has a complicated system: voters get two votes, one for the candidate in their own constituency, and another for a party's electoral list. There's also a minimum 5% threshold for a party to ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...