Germany (SPD & Greens)

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1180+ words) September 21, 2026 Hour: 2:52 pm On Sept. 20, the Berlin state election marked a significant political shift in the German capital. Die Linke, Germany’s democratic socialist party, secured first place in the vote under the jurist Elif Eralp. RELATED:Germany’s Die Linke Calls…...

14+ hour, 53+ min ago   (812+ words) Three elections in two weeks have delivered one unmistakable message: Germany’s political center is losing its ability to hold the country together. After the AfD’s landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right party has now emerged as the strongest force in…...

57+ min ago   (637+ words) The far-left leader pushing to take over as mayor of Berlin promised on Monday to tackle unaffordable rents in the German capital, but faced early pressure to take action over accusations of antisemitism in parts of the local party. Elif…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (825+ words) BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Elections in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country’s leading Christian Democrats, whose Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing pressure to keep the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland party at bay. Here are…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (642+ words) GERMANY’S anti-capitalist Left party has won a major state election in Berlin, beating both the ruling Conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany. Elif Eralp, dubbed “Germany’s Mamdani”, led Die Linke (the Left Party) to its best result in the…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (400+ words) The lead candidate for Germany’s far-right AfD in a northeastern state predicted Monday that Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be out of power by the end of the year after his CDU party suffered heavy losses in two regional elections. “The…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (475+ words) Senior Christian Democrats have backed the Chancellor at a crisis meeting in Berlin while conceding the party must change as Alternative for Germany surges in the east. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leadership has rallied behind Chancellor Friedrich Merz at…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1233+ words) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay the course Elif Eralp of the far-left Die Linke won the election in Berlin, soundly defeating Merz's CDU Leif-Erik Holm of the AfD would like to become state premier of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (812+ words) Germany's far-left party Die Linke (the Left) has taken first place in a state election in Berlin, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the most votes in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Die Linke took 25.7 percent of the…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (408+ words) The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won elections in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, leaving behind the Social Democratic Party (SPD), while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has failed to secure any seats in the…...