Up to 700,000 people demonstrated in towns throughout Germany on 1-2 Feb after the Bundestag (German Parliament) voted to ...

The conservatives, who are leading in German polls, have put together an 'immediate action plan' they want to put in place if ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz says he will not shun the help of the far-right AfD to push them through. Proposals put forward by ...

The German Bundestag voted against the "Influx Limitation Law" after an emotional debate. The bill was proposed by the ...

When the CDU motions passed on Wednesday evening, by four votes, an eerie silence hung for a moment over the Bundestag chamber. Then AfD parliamentarians began applauding what they see as the first ...

the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine to generate electricity. The Bundestag and Bundesrat want to decide on a gradual phase-out of coal in Germany by 2038 at the latest. Photo: Federico Gambarini ...

Only Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and Saarland voted to send the law back to the compromise-making committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat for renegotiation. All other federal states, except ...

The central question remains whether once again the majority will be secured with AfD votes, as was the case the day before ...

And third, deliberations in the Commission were constrained by the dominance of exactly those veto players whose vote was ultimately required to achieve two-thirds majorities in the Bundesrat and ...

After the Bundestag, the Bundesrat voted shortly before Christmas in favor of a controversial regulation aimed at stemming the flood of cookie banners. The legislation is expected to come into ...