Dec 16, 2024 · With the election date set for February 23 next year, here’s what’s at stake. Who’s running? There will be seven major parties for which Germans will vote. Four of the seven have made official...

3 days ago · It became a focus of a controversy about the attitude toward the far right of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election. Opposition leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the center of his campaign for the Feb. 23 election since a deadly knife attack last week by a rejected ...

Sep 2, 2024 · BERLIN — Voters in two states in eastern Germany have delivered a far-right party its best result since World War II. The outcome of Sunday's elections in the states of Thüringen and Saxony has...

Nov 12, 2024 · Germany is set to hold elections on 23 February, following the collapse of the governing coalition. The country was plunged into crisis after Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats,...

Dec 16, 2024 · German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a confidence vote following the collapse of his coalition government. He has lost the vote, paving the way for elections in February. DW has the latest.

Nov 12, 2024 · Germany is set to hold snap elections on February 23, in an effort to establish a stable government following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition last week.

Dec 27, 2024 · German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has dissolved the country’s parliament, confirming that snap elections prompted by the recent collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government will be held...