In Germany, as elsewhere, "democracy" means whatever the ruling class says it means. Often, that means banning dissident political parties.

But that consensus, often described as a "firewall" by German politicians, seemed to have been undermined on Wednesday when a motion on migration policy put forward by the conservative CDU/CSU bloc ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it ...

The German parliament rejected an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy on Friday, two days after the opposition conservatives were accused of breaching an agreement against ...

Parliament rejects migration draft law Would have been first to pass thanks to far-right A dozen conservative lawmakers declined to back bill Dents party leader Merz's authority ahead of election ...

Unlike the United States and other countries, Germany does not distinguish between campaign financing and a political party's funds. Campaigning is considered part of the normal duties of a political ...

German politicians are holding a debate and vote on the controversial 'Influx Limitation Law', which aims to tighten immigration rules. | ITV National News ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The right to asylum is a fixed component of German laws and values, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday in an address to parliament.

Germany recently passed a law guaranteeing miscarriage leave for women, highlighting a crucial gap in U.S. policy. Category : ...

German individual labour law is entirely employee protective law, i.e. its standards can generally not be waived to the detriment of the employee, whereas contractual regulations favouring the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to ...