German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier casts his ballot at the polling station at Erich-Kästner-Grundschule in Berlin-Dahlem. The early election to the 21st German Bundestag takes place on Sunday.

leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. Credit: AP/Markus Schreiber Merz has said ...

Elon Musk says multiculturalism 'dilutes everything' at German far-right rally Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, with the country’s far-right AfD party expected to make large gains.

Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), filed a complaint on Monday with the constitutional court ...

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The German president paid tribute to the merits of ... paving the way for the early election. Although an election had been planned for later in 2025 meaning that Scholz' chancellorship failed ...

Vice President J.D. Vance criticized the firewall policy after meeting with Weidel just nine days before the election ... prognosis for the future of U.S.-German relations.

Between Russian President Vladimir Putin’s growing aggression and the change to a new and more volatile U.S. administration, the news of another divisive German election was greeted with deep ...

German business leaders called Monday for the swift formation of a new ruling coalition to usher in a "new beginning" for Europe's crisis-wracked top economy after the conservatives' election win.

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.