Olaf Scholz, federal finance minister and chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats (SPD), talks to media affected by flash floods on Aug. 3, 2021 in Stolberg, Germany. Lukas Schulze ...

Germany's center-left SPD staged a last minute comeback in Sunday's regional elections in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The Social Democrats were expected to come in second, and had been ...

The Bundestag was supposed to elect three new judges to Germany's highest court. But the vote was canceled due to a dispute ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Sunday passed a motion calling for preparations to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the party faithful convened in Berlin for the close of ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

Germany's ruling Social Democrats officially made Chancellor Olaf Scholz their lead candidate on Monday for February's election, billing him as a safe pair of hands compared with the opposition ...

The SPD, however, sees large-scale conscription as unmanageable and is pushing for a voluntary military service model. Ukraine. Both the CDU/CSU and SPD agree that Germany has a duty to continue ...

After its historic election defeat, Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) plans to elect its new leadership at a party conference in June, six months earlier than planned. In addition to the ...

BERLIN – Germany is set to revive a form of mandatory military service under a new draft law championed by Defence Minister ...

Germany's Social Democrats have gained more ground on Angela Merkel's conservatives ahead of September's federal election, two opinion polls showed on Wednesday, ... (SPD) at 19%, up 3 points ...

A “manifesto” by former leading members of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), calling for a “strategy of de-escalation” for Europe instead of “a new arms race,” and advocating ...

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have a clear "mandate to govern", the party's general secretary Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday after exit polls showed them on 25-26 percent, closely ...