The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society ...

parties in Germany's parliamentary system can appeal to relatively cozy clienteles and still have a say. That, together with the fact that the political mainstream is much further to the left ...

Labor unions are much more prevalent in Germany than in the U.S. under a system called Sozialpartnerschaft, or social partnership. It has fans among both corporate leaders and unions here.

The staunchly conservative, largely Catholic Christian Social Union (CSU) is an anomaly in the German political system in that it is the only national political party that is actually a state party.

Party system is fragmenting At the same time as nationalist forces are gaining strength, the established parties are losing ground. The CDU, CSU or SPD still govern 14 out of 16 German states, but ...

Even before the riot, however, many people in three key allies of the United States – Germany, France and the United Kingdom – were worried about the American political system. Large majorities in all ...