Bavaria's Markus Söder is calling for fewer German federal states, but plans to merge them have drawn criticism. How ...

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the last day of the SPD's election campaign in Saxony. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa Top German politicians are making final campaign pushes ahead of key elections in ...

The prospect of a strong performance by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in two state elections is only one of the problems for Chancellor Olaf Scholz. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, had a very successful night in two states, despite its state chapters’ classification as “extremist” by German domestic intelligence. By Christopher F.

BERLIN, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Inflation fell in six important German states in August due to lower energy prices, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting Germany's national inflation rate could ...

Voters in two states in eastern Germany have given a far-right party its best result since WWII — results that have many worried about a resurgence of anti-immigrant, populist politics in Europe.

Voters in two states in eastern Germany have given the country's largest far-right party their best results since the country's Nazi era. And while they were just regional elections, their results ...