Supporters of the Alternative for Germany say they might quit voting if the party is outlawed. Some opponents are against ...

The party ended up with the worst result since the party was named the “Social Democratic Party of Germany” in 1890 and was pushed into third place by the far-right AfD with almost 21 percent ...

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

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on ...

Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in national elections in a closely fought race that will determine who succeeds the long-time leader.

Germany has voted, and Chancellor Angela Merkel once again stands ready to form the country’s next government. But her Christian Democratic Union has taken a hit. Together with its sister party, the ...

BERLIN — Germany could face months of uncertainty after the center-left Social Democratic Party won a narrow victory in national elections, prompting parties to stake rival claims to forming the ...

Item 1 of 3 Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a hybrid party conference for the approval of the traffic light coalition agreement at the party ...

Can they survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU—and is it too late to rejuvenate the party that once subordinated capitalism to the public good? Party leader of the Social ...

The decline of social democracy across Europe is well documented. The institutions, especially organised labour, that in West Germany’s case funnelled millions of votes to the SPD in the glory ...

German environment minister and SPD party member Barbara Hendricks speaks to Young Socialists protesting a new grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, Düsseldorf, January 16 ...

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.