Germany’s AfD zones in on its first state rule as the country's “firewall” against the far-right faces a historic test.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing parties have proposed a reform to the country’s electoral system to prevent its parliament, already one of the world’s biggest, from expanding further. Opposition ...

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) -Germany's top court has rejected a change to the electoral system that would have disadvantaged smaller parties in parliamentary elections, although it upheld a reform ...

Almost 60 million voters in Germany are called to the ballot boxes on Sunday to elect a new Bundestag, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) poised to emerge as the biggest ...

Germans living abroad are calling for sweeping electoral reforms after postal delays have prevented some of them from voting in Sunday’s critical federal election. Under the current rules, the German ...

The rise of right-wing populism in Germany has reshaped the electoral landscape since the founding of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in 2013. Initially anchored in euroscepticism and fiscal ...