Some 60.4 million people are eligible to vote in Germany's general election for the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on September 26, 2021.

Olaf Scholz has said he hopes to meet the incoming US president before Germans vote in February ... developments about the start of the German election campaign on Tuesday, December 17.

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have released their manifesto for next year's snap election, are pushing for a hardline stance on migration, spending money on defence and security and ...

US billionaire Elon Musk has backed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the European country gears up for elections in February. The AfD is running second in opinion polls and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he ...

The AfD became the first party considered by many to be far-right to come out victorious in a state election in Germany since the World War II, when it ... And that was before the recent ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) speaks during the no-confidence vote against him, a motion initiated by Scholz following the collapse of his center-left coalition government to pave the way for ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier ... that for the good of our country new elections are the right way.”Since the post-World War II constitution doesn’t allow the Bundestag to dissolve ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has dissolved parliament and set elections for February 23, seven months earlier than originally planned. Steinmeier's decision on Friday was expected and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announces the decision to dissolve the German Bundestag and ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — German President ... that for the good of our country new elections are the right way.” Since the post-World War II constitution doesn’t allow the Bundestag to dissolve ...