Germany's incoming conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged a spirited defence of Ukraine and of democratic values Monday ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has topped a national poll for the first time, prompting the popular Bild newspaper to carry the headline: “AfD breaks the magic barrier”. The poll put the ...

Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat lawmaker who has sat ...

Even after almost 35 years when the so-called German Reunification which was, in reality, a bit more like an Anschluss ...

DER SPIEGEL's coverage of the far-right AfD is commendable, writes media critic Bernhard Poerksen. But there are several ...

Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

Just months after Vice President J.D. Vance admonished European officials for censoring citizens, a new German governing ...

On his social media platform X, Elon Musk posts hundreds of messages denigrating European values, which he deems too "woke", ...

The great Russian-American writer Masha Gessen was on the stage last month at New York's Bard College in front of a sign that read "Crises of Democracy." It was the name of a conference sponsored by ...

European unity is "under threat" from Russia's war in Ukraine as well as the rise of the far right at home, incoming German ...

Grand stand: Reactions to the conviction of Marine Le Pen included a demonstration called by SOS Racisme, French Human Rights ...