Elections

On Sunday, Germany's largest federal state North Rhine-Westphalia will be holding local elections. According to polls, the two major parties have to expect a beating, while the Greens will become stronger.

Let the battle begin. Germany's Social Democrats just rang in the campaign for elections that will take place in 13 months from now. So far, the SPD's main…

The nomination was not a surprise at all. Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the most popular politician the SPD has, is the right person for the…

In the northern German city state of Hamburg, First Mayor Peter Tschentscher and his Social Democrats (SPD) have won today's elections for the Legislative Assembly by a landslide. It looks like they have more than one option for forming a government coalition.

In Hamburg, 1,319,700 residents are eligible to take part in Sunday's State Legislature elections. The expected outcome up there in the north differs from the…

In Hamburg, the next state election is coming closer in big steps. First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, a Social Democrat, has a problem: His Green friends are…

Hamburg is the next federal state within Germany to hold elections for its legislative assembly. The wind of change is reaching the north too. On February 23rd, 2020, the Greens might overtake the Social Democrats, for the first time ever.

The results of yesterday's state legislature elections in Thuringia, a federal state in eastern Germany, have sent shockwaves throughout the country. The big…

Bodo Ramelow, the Chief Minister (governor) of Thuringia, a federal state in eastern Germany, won important elections today. His party 'The Left' got 29.5…

In Germany's federal state of Thuringia, some 1.7 million residents are eligible to vote in state legislature elections today. The latest polls suggest that forming a government coalition might be difficult, no matter who wins.