Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

FILE PHOTO: Germany's SPD party co-leaders Bas and Klingbeil hold press conference following Rhineland-Palatinate state election, in Berlin FILE PHOTO: Lars Klingbeil and Baerbel Bas, co-leaders of ...

Merz calls AfD a threat to Germany’s postwar democracy, says only viable governing partner is center-left Social Democrats | ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) faces difficult discussions about personnel and priorities after a chastening defeat in the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday. "Of course I bear ...

Lars Klingbeil, leader of Germany’s centre-left SPD party, on spending cuts, Russia, and trying to invest in its creaking ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leads the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) by almost 10 points in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern four months before voters go to the polls in the north-eastern ...