Germany’s Big Election Stakes
The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?
The German election explained through seven essential questions
The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social ...
The 2025 German election in charts
With German citizens taking to the polls to elect a new government on February 23, 2025, here are the most important trends ...
German election: Who are the top candidates and what are their policy priorities?
Germany's conservative parties and far-right AfD lead in the polls, with the CDU’s Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor ...
Germany election: what are the policies of the CDU conservatives
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party are topping polls for the election ...
‘Sovereign debt crisis is coming’: Germany’s Merz, chancellor frontrunner, warns Europe
Merz did not rule out reforming Germany’s debt brake but said that structural reforms particularly in refugee and ...
4 candidates want to be Germany’s next chancellor. Who are they?
Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...