The suspected Islamist attack last week in Solingen , which killed three and wounded eight , has hit the entire country at its core , German President Frank – Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday at a memorial ceremony for the victims . This act of blood…

The deputy leader of Germany ‘ s free – market liberal Free Democrats ( FDP ), Wolfgang Kubicki , said Chancellor Olaf Scholz ‘ s three – party coalition government has ” lost its legitimacy ” in light of poor results in a pair of state elections on…

Midday voter turnout for the state elections in Germany ‘ s Thuringia on Sunday was 32 % – about the same as it was for the last election five years ago , when 31 . 2 % of voters had cast their ballot by noon , local election officials said . The fig…

The federal chairwoman of the far – right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ), Alice Weidel , has hailed the projected outcome of state elections in Thuringia and Saxony as an historic victory for her party . At the same time , it is a punishment for the…

week after a deadly knife attack at a city festival shook Germany , members of the public and national political leaders plan to gather on Sunday to mourn the victims . Three visitors to a festival celebrating the western city of Solingen ‘ s 650th …

German populist politician Sahra Wagenknecht said her upstart party , the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance ( BSW ), would absolutely not consider coalition talks with the far – right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) following elections in the German states …