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Get insights into Germany's upcoming election with a look at the four key candidates and their platforms.

German politicians make a lot of laws and regulations but on the campaign trail many rage against the country's notorious bureaucracy, labelling it a monster that needs to be slayed.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support for Ukraine as he outlined his foreign policy vision at the Munich Security Conference.

Ukraine’s president meets leaders at Munich Security Conference amid a push to end Russia-Ukraine war.

US Vice-President JD Vance Friday urged Germany's mainstream political parties to drop resistance to cooperating with the far right, hours after Berlin rejected American "meddling" ahead of its election.

German authorities are treating the incident, which injured at least 36 people, as attempted murder.

The Munich incident took place during an election campaign in which immigration and security are prominent issues.

The anti-immigrant and far-right Alternative for Germany party has established itself as a significant political force in the 12 years since it was founded

As Germany elects its next Bundestag, migration remains one of the most important issues to voters. But politicians are not debating how to attract the 288,000 migrants the country needs every year to maintain its workforce. Rather, parties struggle over who can promise the most deportations and the tightest border…