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Rule dating from 2009 that limits borrowing looks vulnerable as main political parties promise to revive stalled economy

If the country holds out against the Trump-assisted AfD, it shows rightwing populism can be resisted in Europe’s heartland, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

German citizens will take to the polls on February 23 for a snap general election.

Extremists tipped for second place after shifting debate to immigration and crime and winning endorsements from Musk and Vance

The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focus, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

Former PM Magdalena Andersson says there are too many guns available in country and ‘too much romanticising of violence’ on social media

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far right's support.

With only a few weeks until Germany’s election, Elon Musk has unambiguously thrown his support behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In a video address to a party rally last week, he appeared to urge Germans to “move on” from any “past guilt” related to the Holocaust.

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the far-right

Plan to tighten migration policy was brought by the opposition leader Friedrich Merz with the help of AfD

A vote in Germany’s national parliament (Bundestag) has led to fears that the firewall supposedly separating mainstream political parties and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been blown apart.