German election 2017

Germany

Merkel's migrant crisis stalls coalition talks

Efforts to forge a coalition deal look likely to drag on into the weekend

17 November 2017

Germany

Former Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is elected president of Germany's Bundestag

Germany's new parliament has elected 75 year old Wolfgang Schaeuble as its speaker whilst lawmakers of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party took their seats for the first time.

24 October 2017

Germany

Merkel 'agrees' refugee cap with allies

Progress in coalition talks in Germany - deal over refugee numbers 'agreed' between Merkel's CDU and Bavarian allies

9 October 2017

Germany

VR experience : Germans react to election results

29 September 2017

European Union

State of the Union: EU leaders meet in Estonia

29 September 2017

Germany

Far-right AFD success shocks Germany

25 September 2017

World

"There still is a deep divide between West and East Germany"

Corinna Horst, senior fellow and deputy director at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Brussels, analyses the outcome of the German elections and the stunning rise of the right-wing populists.

25 September 2017

Germany

Five takeaways from Germany’s election

What did we learn from the country's election on Sunday?

25 September 2017

Germany

German SPD vows to rebuild after election slump

Germen SPD supporters look to the future and vow to rebuild while in opposition

24 September 2017

Germany

Historic election for Germany's far-right AfD

Far-right AfD set to enter German parliament for first time.

24 September 2017

Germany

Ich bin #87prozent: German internauts don't want to be tarred with far-right brush

24 September 2017

Germany

Germany's SPD fall to new post-WWll low

"A bitter and difficult day" - Martin Schulz after SPD's worst result since 1940s

24 September 2017

Germany

Going fourth: how Angela Merkel went from Kohl's girl to global leader

What do we know about Germany's four-time chancellor?

24 September 2017

Germany

German Election 360°: laissez-faire and fair-to-middling internet

This is the last of nine episodes we are publishing ahead of the german elections.

22 September 2017

Germany

How the far-right Alternative for Deutschland became Germany's third-biggest party

The story of the party that made historic gains in Germany's 2017 election

22 September 2017

Germany

Youth uninspired by Social Democrats and 'the Schulz Effect'

These young people are campaigning outside a shopping mall in the Neukölln district of Berlin.

22 September 2017