The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

Researchers say a far-right social media campaign — that painted a respected law professor as extremist — caused the ...

Independent justices preside over Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. Germany's more than 20,000 judges are not "bound by ...

Given the decentralized nature of Germany’s political system, local officials like mayors may be the most important among them. Attacks against them take on outsize significance.

Germany’s selection process ensures that political neophytes, extremists, and outsiders don’t end up at the helm of a system they might not understand. LEARNING FROM THE PAST So while Schulz was ...

In Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse and political center of gravity, Musk’s commentary roiled the political establishment — and drew expressions of glee from supporters of the AfD ...

Germany’s embattled political class needs to show it can stand up to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, or it risks leaving a void that the nationalist Alternative for Germany party will be more than ...

Germany’s 16 Länder, or states, ... “They’re set up for a political system that is defined by economic difference,” he says.

While Germany pledged to overhaul its social security system in 2021 to increase support to offset post-COVID-19 price increases for necessities, but political disagreement among Germany’s governing ...

And yet — because of how Germany’s political system is structured — Mr. Lindner retains a chance to play a kingmaker role in the formation of the next government. He just needs to scrape ...