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Germany's Social Democratic Party clears path for Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth term

Germany's second-biggest party said its members have in their high-stakes referendum approved a plan to join Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, clearing the last hurdle in the way of the veteran leader's fourth term

Angela Merkel's party to hold talks with SPD over forming coalition, likely to seal deal by Sunday evening

German chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will sit down with their historic centre-left rivals today to try and seal a deal to form a government more than four months after legislative elections.

Pro-refugee German mayor Andreas Hollstein stabbed in suspected political attack

The mayor of a small town in western Germany known for pursuing liberal migrant policies was stabbed in the neck at a kebab shop on Monday evening and seriously hurt in an attack that officials suspected was politically motivated.

Coalition talks to form new German govt collapse; failure in negotiations could end Angela Merkel's chancellorship, says media

Talks to form a new German government collapsed as the pro-business FDP party walked out, potentially precipitating the end of Angela Merkel's career.

Angela Merkel makes final push to form government, hopes to find common ground with allies

Chancellor Angela Merkel is making a last push to forge a government, in a twin battle to save her political future and avert fresh elections that could destabilise Germany and Europe

Thousands march in Berlin against far-right AfD's debut in German parliament; decry racism, Islamophobia

Thousands of demonstrators marched Sunday in Berlin, in protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany's debut in parliament next week

Rise of the Right reaches Austria: Sebastian Kurz's anti-immigration, anti-Islam plank may change Europe

European leaders are worried about the policies that conservative Sebastian Kurz and his Right-wing party Austrian People's Party (OeVP) may pursue after it comes to power in Austria

Angela Merkel agrees to cap Germany's refugee intake at 200,000 a year; seeks to unite allies ahead of tough coalition talks

Two weeks after winning elections with a reduced majority, Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to limit Germany's refugee intake in a bid to unite her conservative camp ahead of tough coalition talks to form a new government.

Angela Merkel wins fourth term, but her 'politics of consensus' is to be blamed for rise of the Right in Germany

On the face of it, Alternative for Germany's (AFD) march into the heart of German democracy coincides with the similar march of the Right-wing across Europe

German parliamentary election: Jews around the world express alarm at far-right AfD's rise in national politics

Jewish expressed alarm on Sunday at the far-right AfD's success in Germany’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form an alliance with the party