R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what ...

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.

Opening the door to leaning on support from the far-right is a gamble for Merz, who believes that his increasingly radical ...

Germany’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday for the first time approved a non-binding motion by the conservative opposition to close borders to asylum seekers, relying on the votes of the ...

From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s ...

Radical populists are coming to power or gaining a significant presence in the parliaments of many European countries. What ...

An angry pre-election showdown on immigration flared in Germany's parliament Wednesday as the conservative opposition said it ...

Weeks before Germany's elections, a heated immigration debate inflamed by a deadly knife attack sparked a political ...

Forecast issued at 4:30 pm CST on Wednesday 29 January 2025.