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In Germany’s next parliament the AfD will have more speaking time, more money and more power to hammer centrist parties.

Germany has voted, and Friedrich Merz is now the chancellor-in-waiting. But can he rise to the occasion? With Donald Trump signaling a retreat from Europe and cozying …

Conservative and center-left parties launch coalition talks on Friday. hoping to avoid prolonging Germany’s post-election uncertainty.

– Streit vor dem eigentlichen Start: Lars Klingbeil macht Friedrich Merz schon vor Sondierungsgesprächen klare Ansagen. Was das für eine mögliche GroKo bedeutet, analysiert Gordon Repinski mit …

– Führungsfragen bei den Grünen: Welche Pläne Annalena Baerbock hat, was aus Haßelmann, Dröge und den beiden Vorsitzenden Banaszak und Brantner wird und welche Rolle Ricarda Lang …

A sense of urgency is rising as parties on the extreme right and left may be able to block defense spending when Germany’s new parliament convenes.

– Schwieriger Weg: Die ersten 24 Stunden nach der Wahl zeigen, dass Union und SPD nicht einfach zueinander finden werden. Auch ein Schlagabtausch zwischen den Rheinland-Pfälzern Julia …

With Merz at the helm and the SPD’s Boris Pistorius likely gaining a seat at the table, Ukraine can expect a stronger ally in Berlin.

CDU leader moves swiftly to form coalition with SPD, framing the alliance as a stabilizing force after Germany’s turbulent election.

Gordon Repinski analysiert am heutigen Morgen nach dem Wahltag die Ergebnisse zusammen mit Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um …

The conservative CDU is celebrating (somewhat), the center-left SPD is reeling and the far-right AfD is making history. Here’s our analysis.

Based on more than a dozen interviews in the final weeks of the German election campaign, POLITICO tells the story of how violence and migration shaped one of the most momentous votes in the country’s postwar history.

After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally.

The CDU is celebrating, the SPD is reeling, and the AfD is making history.

The election results are in and conservative leader Friedrich Merz has declared victory, based on projections that show his alliance far ahead. The AfD came in second …

With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a generation for Europe’s most powerful country. 

Gordon Repinski spricht in dieser Extra-Ausgabe mit Fabian Köster von der ZDF heute-show. Die beiden diskutieren über den zurückliegenden Wahlkampf, politische Persönlichkeiten und humorvolle Momente in der …

Germany’s likely next chancellor faces a key challenge: winning over women.

One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a likely chancellor who says green policy went too far.

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on China and Russia.

— Was nach dem Wahltag passiert und aus den Ampel-Protagonisten wird: Welche Wendungen und Veränderungen bei SPD, Grünen und FDP möglich sind. — Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: SPD-Klartexter Ralf …

The incoming chancellor will inherit a host of problems buffeting carmaking, including high energy and labor costs along with a looming trade war.

The election race in Schwerin pits a migration official against a far-right politician who’s taken a hard line on the issue.

It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.