Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

After its historic election defeat, Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) plans to elect its new leadership at a party ...

Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has emerged victorious in the Hamburg state elections, securing 33.5% of the vote.

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) have said they will not appear at traditional Ash Wednesday events as they ...

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will not appear at traditional events to mark Ash Wednesday as they focus ...

The most common position taken by German socialist organisations in the Bundestag (German Parliament) election of 23 February was to call for a vote for Die Linke (The Left).

David Leonhardt—who until recently ran the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, “The Morning”—has been trying to understand ...

Overall, the political shifts in Germany reflect a desire for change in a country that hasn’t been this politically engaged ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

Talking to voters about the many non-conspiracy reasons they vote for a far-right party can help break "the glass door." ...

For most of his first term, President Donald Trump was a relatively lonely figure on the world stage. Establishment figures considered him vulgar, and his unaba ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.